BAULE METAL MASKS, Ivory Coast

BAULE Metal Mask 14 7" high $500

BAULE Metal Mask 7 5.5" high $75

BAULE Metal Mask 8 6" high $75

BAULE 10 5.5" high $75

BAULE 11 5.75" high SOLD

BAULE 12 5.5" high $75

BAULE 1 SOLD	BAULE 3 SOLD	BAULE 5 SOLD	BAULE 13 SOLD	BAULE 15 SOLD
BAULE 16 SOLD	BAULE 17 SOLD	BAULE 18 SOLD	BAULE 21 SOLD	BAULE 20 SOLD

BAULE 19 SOLD

BAULE 22 SOLD

BAULE 23 SOLD

BAULE 24 SOLD

Photographs © Tim Hamill

BAULE, METAL MASKS, Ivory Coast

Although elegantly made, these Baule metal masks show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.

The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. They moved west to the Ivory Coast more than 200 years ago and adopted sculptural and masking traditions from their neighbors, the Guro, Senufo and Yaure peoples.

The brass masks, also made individually in wax, then cast, can be wall hung on a single pin, the smaller ones could be worn as well. The larger ones , without a top loop, have been wired for hanging.