Mask with tubular eyes and large nose · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3045316
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Provenance
Lucas Ratton, Paris, FranceSize
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, pigment remains, base
Probably most likely to be attributed to the “bugle” - war masks who used to prepare the men for a war, who blessed “the just cause” or even led the warriors into battle.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 101, ill. 73