Beautiful polychrome helmet mask of conjuration bonu amwin of the cult of Do, and well expressive. The bonu amwin, male mask, was feared and reputedly powerful, forbidden to women, and embodied in the power of the buffalo. It is scarified like the men and thus considered as civilizational, it protected the village and ensured social coherence, notably between men and women. Baule, Ivory Coast Wood, polychromy, cord, small accidents, visible lack at one end of a horn, patina of use. H. 53 cm Provenance : - Former Marcel Evrard collection