Mblo Portrait Mask
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Object Label
At a wide range of Baule festivals and celebrations, masks are danced and performed to entertain. This mask's delicate, symmetrical features, ornate hairstyle, and smooth surface all create an image of calm and grace. The mask is meant to exemplify an ideal of personal beauty and composure.
Caption
Baule. Mblo Portrait Mask, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, oils, pigment, 10 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 3 in.(26.7 x 13.7 x 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection, 1989.51.25. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Culture
Title
Mblo Portrait Mask
Date
late 19th or early 20th century
Geography
Possible place made: Lacs, N’zi Comoe, Côte d'Ivoire, Possible place made: Valle du Bandama Region, Côte d'Ivoire
Medium
Wood, oils, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
10 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 3 in.(26.7 x 13.7 x 7.6 cm)
Credit Line
The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection
Accession Number
1989.51.25
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