An African Baule Goli hand carved and hand painted tribal dance mask. The mask depicts two faces with horns featuring traditional ornaments. The kple kple mask is notable for its distinctive flat, circular form surmounted by horns, projecting round eyes, rectangular mouth. The Baule differentiate its gender through colour. The residual black pigmentation on the round face of this mask suggests it is female. The male mask, often red, would appear alongside it and would be identical in shape. A base part is adorned with holes. A pair of male and female kple kple masks are the first of four mask types that can appear in Goli, a Baule dance performed as entertainment and at the funerals of important men. African Hand Carved Masks, Ethnic And Tribal Art Collectibles.
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