Face mask with dot painting
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95th Tribal Art AuctionFace mask with dot painting
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-Yacouba
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H: 8.9 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, kaolin, metal, base
This is one of the rare face masks of the Dan, in which a disease, probably smallpox, is depicted. According to Fischer/Himmelheber, however, these masks were not used to cure the sick, but were used to entertain the villagers.
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, Die Kunst der Dan, Zürich 1976, p. 118