Face mask with dot painting · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-Yacouba · ID: 3046980
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Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, metal, base
This is one of the rare face masks of the Dan, in which a disease, probably smallpox, is depicted. According to Fischer/Himmelheber, however, these masks were not used to cure the sick, but were used to entertain the villagers.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 118