Mask "geh-naw" of the "chu-den-zo" society · Liberia, Bassa · ID: 3052585
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Provenance
Lanooi Family, Ghent, Belgium (since the 1960s)Srdjan Sremac, The Hague, The Netherlands
Jack Nelis, The Hague, The Netherlands
Size
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, pigments, bone, one tooth missing, base
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 3052585 was last part of the auction Auction 105 at November 15, 2025 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 218.
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