Mblo Portrait Mask

• Artist: Baule (Culture)
• Medium: Wood, pigment
• Geographical Location: Lacs, N’zi Comoe, or Valle du Bandama Region, Ivory Coast
• Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
• Dimensions: 13 3/8 x 8 7/16 x 6 1/8 in. (34 x 21.5 x 15.5 cm)
• Collection: Arts of Africa
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5H7, 1,2,3-TOP
• Accession Number: 1989.51.15
• Image: 1989.51.15_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2006

Catalogue Description:
Oval mask with serrated carved edge and elongated bird figure curving down from forehead. Crescent-shaped eyes pierced with slits. Rectangular beard. CONDITION: Notch in top of bird head, pigment on mouth, hair, and bird beak flaked away.