Mask "deangle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3037804
Loudmer, Paris, 20 juin 1996, Lot 42
Christie’s Amsterdam, 11 december 2001, lot 2533
Description
wood, brown patina, characteristic form: a concave vaulted facial plane with horizontally deepened eyezone and narrow see slits, raised vertical forehead ridge, metal teeth (partly broken out), matt washing patina, minor missing parts through insect caused damage, abrasion of paint (nose), base;
the “dean” mask characters belong to the circumcision camps (“mbon”) of young boys and girls. They act as mediator between camp and village and they are responsible for food and protection of the initiates. They neither sing nor dance and they are not accompanied by musicians, but they joke with the women and ask them to send plenty of food to the camp.
The object Mask “deangle” with the object ID 3037804 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 223.
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