Mask - Côte d’Ivoire (No reserve price)

Tribal art sculpture from Ivory Coast: the Baoulé of Ivory Coast staging a nude subject, wearing a colonial-style headdress, riding his mount. The proportions of the figures are highly contrasted, emphasizing the individual. Polychrome patina, abraded. Very minor cracks.

About sixty ethnic groups populate Ivory Coast, including the Baoulé (central), Akan peoples from Ghana, a savannah-speaking group, practicing hunting and agriculture, just like the Guro, from whom they borrowed ritual cults and carved masks. Two types