Couple Dan
Dan · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: PAR-1
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- Material
- Wood and pigments
Statues are less frequent than masks. They are usually commissioned by the chiefs and notables. Many of them represent maternity homes, with a child behind their…
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Full original description
Statues are less frequent than masks. They are usually commissioned by the chiefs and notables. Many of them represent maternity homes, with a child behind their backs or favorite wives. The Dan start carving statues in the middle of the century XXwhile the use of masks is much older. This couple faithfully represents the aesthetic canons of ethnicity.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Decade of the 60 to the 70.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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