Old Tribally Used Dan Tura Mask – Biankouma Region, Cote d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast

Wood. Cm. 26,0 high (10.24″); cm. 37,5 on the stand (14.76″); grams 398,0 (14.04 oz.). Clear traces of ritual use. Provenance Mohamed Belo Garba.

A Dan-Tura mask from the region of Biankouma a, pointed chin, protruding, slightly open lips, straight nose, narrow pierced eyes with heavy lids, a triangular scarification below each, on the forehead a vertical ridge, next to it left and right fishbone-shaped scarifications over the whole forehead, encrustations on the upper edge of the mask signs of age and ritual use.

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