Mask "bagle" with circular eyes and fangs · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3033334
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, moustache and chin beard of animal skin, fixed by metal tags, blackish mass in the mouth area, clay-like whitish mass on the head, inserted animal teeth and claws, jagged chaplet, slightly dam., minor missing parts at the back of the rim;
“bagle” denotes an acting mask for entertainment. The mask figures wig consists of cotton fiber or frazzles of cloth, the costume is a tippet or a large skirt made of plant fibers. The mask appears for entertainment, the dancer beats the audience with a hooked stick and throws objects he finds on his way.
The object Mask “bagle” with circular eyes and fangs with the object ID 3033334 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 117 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400.
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Comparing literature
Homberger, Lorenz, Masken der Wè und Dan, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1997, ill. 41 Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 87 f.