Miniature mask "ma go" ("small head") · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3046592
sold
EUR 1,000
Provenance
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USASize
H: 16 cm
H: 6.3 inch
Description
wood, encrustred patina, metal, base
The Dan have miniature versions of nearly every mask type. They represent the big, significant mask figures and were taken along to keep in touch with the helping spirit even when leaving home.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 139 f.