Mblo Portrait Mask
Arts of Africa
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.
MEDIUM
Wood, oils, pigment
DATES
late 19th or early 20th century
DIMENSIONS
10 1/2 x 5 3/8 x 3 in.(26.7 x 13.7 x 7.6 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
1989.51.25
CREDIT LINE
The Adolph and Esther D. Gottlieb Collection
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Oval mask. Round, protruding eyes, scarification at either side of nose. CONDITION: Good; nick on forehead, nose.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1989.51.25_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 1989.51.25_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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