Face mask with tubular eyes and articulated lower jaw
Liberia, Dan
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Bode and Bodes, The Hague, The Netherlands (1963)R. K. Universiteit Nijmegen, Instituut voor Kulturele Antropologie, The Netherlands (2005) - Inventory Card No. 886 available
Michel Thieme, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
G. Person, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2017)
Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, plant fibre, seed capsules/nuts, aglet, lettered “886”, base
Comparable masks illustrated in Harley (Milwood 1975, repr.). The mask type is called “go ge”, “good spirit”, and was kept by the “gonola”, a high priest and “owner” of the land. He called together and presided over a high council of elders responsible for controlling the people.
Comparing literature
Harley, George W., Masks as agents of social control in Northeast Liberia, Milwood 1975 (repr.), Plate IV a-f, p. 11 ff.Publications
AHDRC: 0153550