Portrait mask of a woman. Wood, H: 27.9 cm

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Description: Mblo Portrait Mask of a Woman

TitleMblo Portrait Mask of a Woman

Creator nationality/cultureBaule

Creator roleSculptor

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsWood and paint

LocationSidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington

SubjectsBaule (African people)Masks, Baule

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Conclusion

Susan Mullin Vogel

Baule: African Art, Western Eyes

IN RECENT DECADES, SCHOLARS OF AFRICAN ART (MYSELF INCLUDED) HAVE REACTED AGAINST THE OVERSIMPLIFICATIONS OF THE PAST IN WHICH AFRICA WAS SEEN FROM A GREAT DISTANCE AND PORTRAYED WITH SWEEPING GENERALIZATIONS—AS IF AFRICAN ART WERE A STYLE, AND “AFRICA” WERE A “COUNTRY.” WE HAVE RESPONDED BY REFINING DISTINCTIONS AND CHARTING THE VAST ARRAY OF CULTURAL...

Author

Susan Mullin Vogel

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.286-293

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00287.12

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22155&redirecttoanchor=74492

Chapter subject tags:Baule (African peoples)Wood-carving, BauleMasks, BauleSculpture, Baule

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