Masque anthropomorphe - Wood - Ivory Coast - Mid 20th century

Anthropomorphic Mask Baule, Ivory Coast First half of the 20th century. Wood and traces of pigments. Height: 36 cm; Width: 18 cm; Depth: 15. 5 cm. Elegant mask with a red patina, its hairstyle consists into a big central conical braid, striated by many parallel grooves. The eyes in the form of crescent moons are highlighted by eyebrows in crescents. Both join and form a long nose which ends into two short nostrils. The mouth is open and polylobed. With scarifications on the temples, between the eyes and on the corners of the mouth.