Mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3035823
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France (1978)Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach, Germany
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, vertical ridge on the forehead, narrow slit eyes, a big mouth with inserted metal teeth, beard of plant fibre cord, fixed by leather strap and mass, triangular compartments below the eyes whitened with a thick layer of kaolin, slightly dam. (nose, mouth, eyes), abrasion of paint, base;
presumably a “deangle” mask type, which belong to the circumcision camps (“mbon”) of young boys and girls. They act as mediators between the camp and the village. Influence of the Guere recognizable.
Comparing literature
Segy, Ladislas, Masks of Black Africa, New York 1976, p. 92