Beautiful face mask "deangle"

Côte d'Ivoire, Dan

sold EUR 3,000

Provenance

Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland

Size

H: 24 cm

H: 9.4 inch

Description

wood, original metal framing of the eyes and inserted teeth are missing

The “deangle” mask characters belong to the circumcision camps (“mbon”) and they are responsible for food and protection of the initiates.

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 41

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