Pendant Mask

Artist:Baule

Medium: Gold cast by the lost wax process.

Geograhical Locations:

• Lacs District (formerly N'Zi-Comoé Region), Côte d'Ivoire
• Vallée du Bandama Region, Côte d'Ivoire

Dates:19th or 20th century

Dimensions: 2 3/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 in. (6 × 4.5 × 2.5 cm) mount (display dims. 2023 Africa Fashion.): 6 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 2 in. (16.5 × 4.4 × 5.1 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of Africa

Exhibitions:

• Passages: Photographs in Africa by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher
• African Innovations
• Double Take: African Innovations
• Africa Fashion

Accession Number: 49.32.1

Image: 49.32.1_PS11.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Oval faced with raised triangular nose. Domed eyeballs have center slits and are topped by crimped wire 'glasses'. Eyebrows handled same way, as is the mouth at the base. Hair outlined with twisted and crimped wires ending in numerouse short strands. Three suspension loops on top. CONDITION: very good.

Brooklyn Museum