Baule People Double Face Ceremonial Dance Mask

Baule People Double Face Ceremonial Dance Mask

Baule People

This mask comes from the Baule people of Cote D’Ivoire. Carved wood with encrusted dark brown black and red patina in the form of two faces side by side, one being black (right) and the other red (left) with fine facial details & scarification, pair of horns atop each face, edged with zigzag motif of the Goli Society and 2 handle-like projections at base, pair of eye openings.