"Poro" society mask · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3052215
Starting price
EUR 1,000
Estimated price
EUR 2,000
Provenance
John Monroe, Nevada, USASize
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, metal, handwritten collection no. “MS 2017.38” and “A-57”
This mask may belong to a type worn by priests to judge disputations. The wearer, a man, adopts a female mask to emphasize his impartiality and breadth of understanding.
Comparing literature
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich 1984, p. 14, ill. 3