Old Tribal Used Dan Mask – Touba, Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast

450,00

Wood, cowrie-shells. The mask is cm. 31,0 high (12.20″). Grams 1.310,0 (46.21 oz.).

A Dan mask with a prominent curved beak, small slit eyes and numerous cowrie-shells on top, a vertical crack on the right side of the mask close to the eye.

Masks are the most important art form of the Dan people of Ivory Coast. The Dan people refer to these masks as Gle or Ge, terms that refers both to the physical mask and the individual spirits the mask is believed to embody during masquerade performances.

Gle can be divided into two categories: that of Dean Gle, which is a gentle, peaceful gle without a gender, but whose qualities are thought of as feminine and that of Bu Gle, which is the war Gle named after the sound of a gunshot, whose qualities are thought of as masculine.

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Weight2200 g