Anthropomorphic face mask

Côte d'Ivoire, Wè / Dan

Provenance	Size	Starting price / estimated price
Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s/ 70s)	H: 12.6 inch	sold

wood, real hair, hide, cowry shells, glass,
Probably this mask belongs to the category of entertainment masks and probably to the type of singer masks "nineagla".

Lorenz Homberger (Hrsg.), Masken der Wè und Dan, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1997, p. 52 ff.

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