Mask "deangle" ·  Liberia, Mano · ID: 3032408

Description

wood, shiny brown patina, concave facial plane, inserted teeth, unusal formed ears, pierced around the rim, min. dam., minor missing parts (teeth), slight traces of abrasion, on metal base;
the Mano are a small ethnic group, numbering about 200,000 people, and living in northeastern LIberia and adjacent parts of Guinea. They are a part of the so-called Dan complex.

Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, München 2009, p. 421