Baule Face Mask

Description:

Baule Face Mask, very deep oval collar frames the face, the small mouth with teeth filled with kaolin protrudes below a straight tapering nose and two cutout eyes also highlighted by white kaolin, and two horns with small kaolin-filled ears, with a black painted patina, ht. 11, wd. 8 in.

Provenance: The Nicholas Rubano collection, New Hampshire.
Estimate $700-900


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