"Poro" society mask ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3052215

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.

Littérature comparée

Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich 1984, p. 14, ill. 3