Animal mask "leu" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Ligbi · ID: 3032248

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, kaolin (yellowed), small remains of indigo blue, stylized forms, boar tusks and conical protrusions, presumably depicting a warthog, slightly dam., paint rubbed off;
although the Ligbi are Muslims for quiet a long time, they retained the “do” secret society and their masquerades, where “leu” masks like the present performed.

Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 371