Baule Mask, Ivory Coast

Hélène and Philippe Leloup, Paris
Private Collection, Sante Fe, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit, acquired from the above
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above in February 2003

Good condition for an object of this type and age. Shallow old surface erosion in coiffure, forehead, and around edges, patinated over. Hole in proper left eyelid with fill (native repair). Age cracks and chips to rim on reverse. Exceptionally fine deep glossy patina with encrustation.
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For a mask by the same hand, see Neyt (2014: 189, fig. 129).