A Baule rams' head mask

A Baule rams' head mask

Ivory Coast

with curved horns and a section of hide applied with copper pins and with a copper staple below, with vertical eyes having pierced eyelets for the wearer to the sides of them and with further copper pins under the mouth, with traces of black and white pigment, the back with two holes for a teeth bar and with square holes above for attachment,

26cm high, on a stand. (2)

Provenance

Romy Rey Collection, London.