Face mask with tubular eyes and articulated lower jaw · Liberia, Dan · ID: 3044003
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