Anthropomorphic face mask "kpan" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baule / Guro · ID: 3049231
sold
EUR 600
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2011, Lot 218Alfred Ries (1897-1967), Wiesbaden, Germany (former ambassador in Liberia)
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood,
“Kpan” masks are part of the “goli” masquerade, originally performed at funerals of important personalities and in times of danger. More recently, they have also been used purely for entertainment.
Masks “kpan” (= “the senior woman”) appear as the last pair of masks towards the end of the “goli” festival. They embody the wife(wives) of “goli glin” (= “the senior man”).
Publications
AHDRC: 0146320