Mask with hinged jaw "kagle" · Côte d'Ivoire, Kran · ID: 3034979
not available anymore
Provenance
Dos Winkel, Delft, The Netherlands (1964-1972)Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted brown patina, remains of pigments, forehead nail, pierced around the rim, rep. (breakage nose, metal clamp at the back of the head), cracks, slight traces of abrasion, socle;
used to annoy the audience. According to the hooked branch “ka”, the mask is called “kagle”. The mask figures used to wear a wig of shreds or cotton threads and a puffed raffia fiber skirt (holes for attachment still visible). Its function is to enrage the audience, which is why the dancer annoys the people with wooden sticks.