Mblo Portrait Mask
late 19th or early 20th century
Baule
Arts of Africa
At a wide range of Baule festivals and celebrations, masks are danced and performed to entertain. This mask's delicate, symmetrical features, ornate hairstyle, and smooth surface all create an image of calm and grace. The mask is meant to exemplify an ideal of personal beauty and composure.
- Maker/Artist
- Baule
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Wood, oils, pigment
- Locations
- Possible place made: Lacs, N’zi Comoe, Côte d'Ivoire, Possible place made: Valle du Bandama Region, Côte d'Ivoire
- Dimensions
- 10 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 3 in.(26.7 x 13.7 x 7.6 cm)
- Departments
- Arts of Africa
- Accession Number
- 1989.51.25
- Credit Line
- The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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