Beautiful old face mask "gunye gä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
sold
EUR 850
Provenance
Gottfried Künzi, Oberdorf / Solothurn SwitzerlandRené Rickli, Olten, Switzerland
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, old age patina, traces of usage
This mask type is described as “runner mask”. During dry season many villages in the surroundings of Man arrange footraces among the youth, at which the respective winner gains the right to wear the mask.