Mask "geh-naw" · Liberia, Bassa · ID: 3047403
sold
EUR 500
Provenance
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood,
These masks were bound on a rattan frame and worn diagonally on the head. Head and upper body were hidden under cloth, the lower body was wrapped in luxuriant grass fiber skirts.
The human figure was no longer recognizable and the dancing mask became one with the spirit it represented.
Comparing literature
Meneghini, Mario, Collecting African Art in Liberia and Neighboring Countries 1963 - 1989, o.O. 2006, p. 59 ff.