Baoule Portrait Mask . Ivory Coast .. Baule Mask . African Art ..

this idealized . delicately modeled face offers an emblematic example of the boulé style .. a striking clarity of construction . carefully polished . soberly decorated with small traditional scarifications . it reveals a sensual hemmed mouth . slightly ajar. the flange is pierced with small fixing holes around the edge . beautiful age..

this mask of refined art seeks above all balance . insists on the notion of symmetry which rigorously distributes the forms on both sides of an axis defined by a fine and straight nasal ridge . he magnified the moral qualities of an individual respected in his community . the delicacy of the features being the metaphor of the human qualities of the being thus represented .

height: 22cm