Mask - Wood - Ligbi - Côte d'Ivoire
Mask Ligbi, Ivory Coast First half of the 20th century. Wood, pigments, fabric and vegetable fibres. Height: 29. 5 cm; Width: 18 cm; Depth: 5. 5 cm. Anthropomorphic mask presented with semi-closed eyes. The latter were enhanced with blue and white pigments. It is decorated with a headdress carved in scales and ornamented on the sides by two figures with conical headdresses. Asymmetrical scarifications ornament the cheeks and the forehead of the masculine figure. A poly-lobbed, decorated beard animates the lower part of the mask. The backside still has its fabric.
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Mask Ligbi, Ivory Coast First half of the 20th century. Wood, pigments, fabric and vegetable fibres. Height: 29. 5 cm; Width: 18 cm; Depth: 5. 5 cm. Anthropomorphic mask presented with semi-closed eyes. The latter were enhanced with blue and white pigments. It is decorated with a headdress carved in scales and ornamented on the sides by two figures with conical headdresses. Asymmetrical scarifications ornament the cheeks and the forehead of the masculine figure. A poly-lobbed, decorated beard animates the lower part of the mask. The backside still has its fabric.
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