Helmet mask "gbetu" · Liberia, Gola · ID: 3038036
sold
EUR 450
Provenance
Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany (acquired 1969)Size
H: 61 cm
H: 24.0 inch
Description
wood, encrusted blackish brown patina, string of yellow glass beads, slightly dam., minor missing parts at the rim, cracks;
used by men societies for public displays on holidays, for weddings, funerals and other special events but also associated in some ways to the all powerful male “poro society”. The masks are accompanied by abundant raffia costumes, entirely veiling the dancers body.
Comparing literature
Mato, Daniel & Charles Miller, Sande, Düsseldorf 1990, p. 104 Grootaers, Jan-Lodewijk & Alexander Bortolot, Visions from the Forest, Seattle, London 2014, p. 27, ill. 1.10