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Masque "gunye ge", Libéria, Dan, Taille: H: 23,5 cm (H: 9.3 inch), ID: 3052401
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Masque "gunye ge" ·  Libéria, Dan · ID: 3052401

Prix d'appel 2 500 €
Prix d'Estimation 5 000 €
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Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 21 March 2015, lot 98
Taille
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch

Description

wood, pigments, metal, collection no. “48” handwritten in white paint on the backside

This type of mask is referred to as a “runner mask”. In the vicinity of Man, many villages hold weekly races for young men during the dry season. The winner of each race earns the privilege of wearing the mask in the following race and defending his title.

Littérature comparée

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 70 f.

Publications

AHDRC: 0123501

Afrique
Masques

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