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A Baule Goli mask, ivory coast, collected in the 1940s. The…
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A Baule Goli mask, ivory coast, collected in the 1940s. The Goli mask represents a bush spirit. The goli is worn during masquerades and its appearance signifies a time of danger. The Goli masks are considered mediators between people and anwin (supernatural forces), the anwin can have both positive or negative influence over humans dependant on their satisfaction. This goli is masterfully carved from a single piece of wood. It has a simplistic circular face with conical eyes and a rectangular mouth with bared teeth. The form of the disc-shaped face is echoed in the antelope horns atop the crown. This mask is masculine as signified by the black lacquer; feminine masks are signified by a red colouring. The back of the mask has a cradle for the face to sit and pierced holes that would have been used for securing the mask to its dense raffia costume. On custom wooden stand. Mask height 38 cm, width 20 cm, depth 13.5 cm, on stand height 52.5 cm. Provenance: Lim-Strutt collection, Aotearoa. Previously of the Zoumana Traore collection, New York
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