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VERY RARE, MID CENTURY, GIANT BAOULE HARVEST HELMET MASK! - For Sale
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Price: $2495.00 |
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A beautiful, large harvest mask. Used by the Baule tribe in dance to insure a good harvest and protect the tribe against famine.
The large detailed monkey carving is made from a single log, holding a polychrome ear of corn with beautiful large eyes! Its grass skirt is completely intact as is the inside padding hand stitched from colorful textiles!
The monkey measures about 2 ½ feet tall and about 4 feet overall with its grass skirt!
This mask comes from a private collection. It was a tribal gift to missionaries and brought to the US by boat in the 1950’s. So mask would probably date circa 1940’s – 50’s.
Extremely rare museum worthy offering!
Price is firm.
Thanks for looking!
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