A Baule mask

A Baule mask

Ivory Coast

with a pair of horns and pierced eyes, with pigment staining, the back with a teeth grip and a white painted collection number 2,

40cm high.

Provenance

Galerie Le Corneur, Paris.

Gimpel Fils, London, acquired from the above January 1969.

Exhibited

Primitive Art from 2500 BC, Gimpel Fils, London, 3 December 1968 - 18 January 1969, cat no. 112.

Heads, Gimpel Fils, London, 15 January 1991 - 15 February 1991.