Baule Mask, Ivory Coast, c.1970-80

Baule Mask, Ivory Coast c.1970-80 Measurements: 43 cm high The masks correspond to several types of dances: the Gba gba, the Bonu Amuen, the Mblo and the Goli. They never represent ancestors and are always used by men. The Gba was used at women's funerals during the harvest season. It celebrates beauty and age, they have very refined characteristics. Exhibitions 2022 - 2024 - Fuerteventura Island “African Art: Ancestral Light” La Entallada Lighthouse. Fuerteventura Town Hall. 2021 - 2022 - Panama City. Government of Panama. “African Art: the spirit of the ancestors” Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Old Town. 2019 - 2020 - Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent” Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo. 2019 - 2020 - Santa Cruz de La Palma. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent.” Casa Massieu. Santa Cruz de la Palma. 2013 - 2015 - Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (MADAO) La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia 2005 --------- “Black Africa” Leather Museum. Vic - Barcelona. 2004 .......... “Black Africa” Caixa Laietana Foundation. Barcelona Main exhibition hall.