AFRICAN MAGNIFICENT OPEN MOUTH TUBE DAN FACE MASK USED CEREMONIAL WOOD ERODED for Sale

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AFRICAN MAGNIFICENT OPEN MOUTH TUBE DAN FACE MASK USED CEREMONIAL WOOD ERODED For Sale

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AFRICAN MAGNIFICENT OPEN MOUTH TUBE DAN FACE MASK USED CEREMONIAL WOOD ERODED :
$985.00

DAN WOOD CEREMONIAL OPEN TUBULAR MOUTH TEETH ABSTRACT DISTORTED MASK Type of Object: FACE MASK Ethnic Group: DAN Country of Origin: LIBERIA Materials: WOOD, COTTON Approximate Age:80+ years Dimensions: 7.0\" by 11.5\" by 6.5\" Weight: 1.5 lbs; 23.9 oz; 678 grams Overall Condition: Ceremonially Used, Very Good (Very fine piece of African art) From the book Tribal Arts of Africa by Jean Baptiste Bacquart, Dan masks has several variations used for different functions.

This is a BUGLE Dan mask characterized by an exaggerated tubular mouth with teeth. The wearer dances and makes troubles in order to provoke reaction from the people watching the ceremony. The Dan, who are also known by the name Yacouba, live in the western part of the Ivory Coast and into Liberia where the land is forested in the south and bordered by a savannah in the north. They make their living from farming cocoa, rice and manioc. Before unification of secret societies at the turn of the century, each Dan village was an autonomous socio-political unit governed by a chief elected on the base of his wealth and social position. Today, the leopard society acts as a major regulator of Dan life and initiates young men during their isolated periods of three to four months in the forest. Dan people have achieved notoriety in the area for their entertainment festivals, which were historically village ceremonies, but today are performed largely for tourists. During these festivals, masked performers dance on stilts.

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