Anthropomorphic face mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Wè / Dan · ID: 3047173
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)Size
H: 32 cm
H: 12.6 inch
Description
wood, real hair, hide, cowry shells, glass,
Probably this mask belongs to the category of entertainment masks and probably to the type of singer masks “nineagla”.
Comparing literature
Lorenz Homberger (Hrsg.), Masken der Wè und Dan, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1997, p. 52 ff.