Beak mask "gägon" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3035752

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, movable jaw, fixed with strips of animal skin, beard of black apes hair, pierced eyes framed with aluminium, projecting forehead with metal tag, grooved tattoos on both sides, slightly dam., scratches (nose), holes from metal tags on the forehead, missing parts backside at the rim, metal base;
according to Hans Himmelheber this mask type surely had educational purposes in former times but is nowadays only used for entertainment of the village people.

The object Beak mask “gägon” with the object ID 3035752 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 78 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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