Detail View: The AMICA Library: Female Mask (ngblo gbagba)

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1974.203
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Creator Nationality: 
Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule, 20th century
Creator Name-CRT: 
Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule, 20th century
Title: 
Female Mask (ngblo gbagba)
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1940s
Creation Start Date: 
1940
Creation End Date: 
1949
Materials and Techniques: 
wood
Classification Term: 
Sculpture
Style or Period: 
Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule, 20th century
Dimensions: 
Overall: 41.2cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1974.203
Credit Line: 
Gift of Katherine C. White
Rights: 
Context: 
This may be a portrait mask of a respected female elder. Note her elaborate multi-lobed coiffure, refined facial features, delicate facial marks, and square mouth with chipped teeth -- a sign of beauty. Baule masks like this were a major source of inspiration for the modernist painter Amadeo Modigliani. See his Portrait of a Girl (1917-18) in Gallery 36.See video
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1974.203.tif