Description
Dan Mask, Ivory Coast.
Dan mask in drop shape, the mouth with full lips in overturned U-shape, fine natural nose, slit eyes with half closed lids, narrow but prominent brows connected in the middle, vertical feather-like scarification marks on the forehead, holes at regular intervals around the rim; dark brown, shiny surface, incl. stand.
Lit.: Eberhard Fischer, Meisterbildhauer der Dan im 20. Jahrhundert. In: Eberhard Fischer, Lorenz Homberger, Afrikanische meister. Kunst der Elfenbeinküste, 107ff. Eberhard Fischer, Dan Artists, 9ff.
Amadou Bouaflé, during his performance 30.12.2019 in his house Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
500 – 600,- Euro
Height: 23 cm
Weight: 220 g
