Vol. I · The open image paperWinnipeg · Musée sans mursRecovered · Remembered · Returned
Cleveland Museum of Art147842portraitearly to mid-1900sCC0cma african-global-heritage portraits objects-with-gravity african global heritage objects with gravity african mask wood carving tribal art mask wood face headdress feathered geometric abstract traditional culture art brown beige rustic vintage ritual folk art statue portrait mbloearly to mid-1900s Africa, West Africa, Côte d’Ivoire, Baule-style carver Wood and paint Mask AfricanAfrican & Global Heritage Faces in Time Objects with Gravity
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Portrait Mask (mblo) (early to mid-1900s). Gift of Katherine C. White Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.203
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Male and female mblo masks, highly valued by the Baule people, are used in a variety of entertainment dances. Wearing elaborate coiffures and delicate facial scars, they are seen as portraits of known individuals. Their idealized rendering embodies core traits of Baule aesthetics, including lustrous skin, a high forehead, and downcast eyes, signs of good health, intelligence, and admiration, respectively.
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A weathered wooden mask with a stylized face and elaborate feathered headdress stands prominently against a neutral background.
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