Mask "geh-naw" of the "chu-den-zo" society · Liberia, Bassa · ID: 3051502
Ketterer, Munich, 12 December 1987, lot 59
Folkhart Neidigk, Stuttgart, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11 November 2017, Lot 183
Description
wood, pigment, metal, original repair, insect caused damage
These masks only became known in 1969, when they first appeared on the European and American art market.
“Geh-naw” was not worn in front of the face, but was fixed to a plaited frame, worn on the forehead. The dancers presented an impressive picture. They wore luxuriant grass fiber skirts, upper body and head were hidden under several layers of fabric.
The object Mask “geh-naw” of the “chu-den-zo” society with the object ID 3051502 was last part of the auction Auction 103 at November 16, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 137 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.
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Publications
Dorsinville R., Meneghini M., The Bassa Mask a stranger in the house, in: Ethnologische Zeitschrift Zürich, 1, Bern, 1973, p. 38, ill. 33
AHDRC: 0129623