Wall Mask 114 9" high $1500 |
Baule Mask 114 has been vetted as authentic with significant
signs of age and use.
Although elegantly carved, the Baule style masks below show no evidence
of age or use and were probably made to be sold.
 BAULE STYLE Mask 119 13.5" high SOLD |
Mask 126 15.5" high $300 |
Mask 123 12" high SOLD |
Mask 108 15" high $400 |
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Mask 127 12" high $400 |
The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. They moved west to the Ivory Coast more than 200 years ago and adopted masking traditions from their neighbors (the Guro, Senufo and Yaure peoples). There are three basic types used in a special dance of rejoicing called Goli, symbolizing the social order. Most of these masks are Kpan, with elaborate coiffures and refined carving; they represent the Senior female in the ceremonies. Some are probably intended as idealized portrait masks or Ndoma. Numbers 117 and 122 are male portrait masks.. Numbers 119 and 125 represent twins and 127 is of a monkey, like the Baule Mbra monkey figures.
From Baule, by Alain-Michel Boyer.
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