The masks below have all been sold. They are left here for reference purposes.
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Photographs © Tim Hamill
The Baule are one of the Akan peoples. They moved west to the Ivory Coast more than 200 years ago and adopted masking traditions from their neighbors, the Guro, Senufo and Yaure peoples. Ram masks, elegant, detailed and relatively realistic, are used in secular public dance performances.
Although elegantly made, most of these Baule ram masks show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.
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