Zoomorphic mask ·  Libéria, Grebo · ID: 3034071

Description

wood, slightly encrusted dark brown patina, metal tags, crowned by curved horns forming a circle, pierced around the rim, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, on metal base;
there are only few Grebo masks, they show a style similar to the Mande-speaking Dan with roundish forms. This mask type is said to stop fights and quarrels. No woman was allowed to see it.

Littérature comparée

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 169