Vintage Hand Carved Vintage DAN Hand Carved Wooden Tribal African Art Face-8153 for Sale

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Vintage Hand Carved Vintage DAN Hand Carved Wooden Tribal African Art Face-8153 For Sale

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Vintage Hand Carved Vintage DAN Hand Carved Wooden Tribal African Art Face-8153:
$80.15

Vintage Hand Carved Vintage DAN Hand Carved Wooden Tribal African Art Face-28.2/20.5 CM

Among the Dan, masks (gle or ga) and other objects such as large ceremonial spoons, are manifestations of wild forest spirits (du). While spirits contact both men and women through dreams, only men are selected to don masks that represent spirits. The spirit informs the man of the required type of mask, its name, accoutrements, musical accompaniment and dance steps. This particular mask is identified in the collector’s notes as slu from the village of Nyor mask Diaple mask. It is a type of bagle entertainment dancing and miming mask, especially popular among the western Dan