BAULE METAL MASKS, Ivory Coast

Although elegantly made, these Baule metal masks show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.

BAULE STYLE
Metal Mask 14
7" high
$300

BAULE STYLE
Metal Mask 25
7" high
$300

BAULE STYLE
Metal Mask 29
4.5" high
$50

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

BAULE STYLE, METAL MASKS, Ivory Coast

The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. They moved west to the Ivory Coast more than 200 years ago and adopted sculptural and masking traditions from their neighbors, the Guro, Senufo and Yaure peoples.

The brass masks, also made individually in wax and then cast, can be wall hung on a single pin. The smaller ones could be worn. The larger ones, without a top loop, have been wired for hanging. Those with eye and mouth openings (14, 25, 26 and 27) were photographed with a black cloth behind them. The openings, or casting flaws, show best on the individual back views.

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