Chimpanzee mask "kagle" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3039530

Description

wood, greyish brown patina, metal hook and aglets, of characteristic form, dam., various minor missing parts, insect caused damage, metal base;
present mask type mostly wears a wig from shred fabric and a costume consisting of baggy raffia fibre skirt and cape. Its most important requisite is a bundle of hooked branches and its most important function is “to heat-up” the audience with “ribald” jokes for entertainment.

Comparing literature

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 105