Mask with hinged jaw "gägon" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3032819
Description
wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, metal tags in the forehead area, beard made from animal hair, hinged jaw affixed by metal wire, circular eyes framed by metal sheet, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on base;
according to Hans Himmelheber this mask type surely had educational purposes in former times but is nowadays only used for entertainment of the village people.
The object Mask with hinged jaw “gägon” with the object ID 3032819 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 301.
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Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard, Himmelheber, Hans, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 119 ff.