Facial Mask Dan Bassa

This branch of the Dan Liberians is established in the Greater Bassa Where they take the name, don't confuse it with the Bassa of Cameroon with those who have a very remote relationship since both seek their origins in the ancient Nubia, in the confines of Egypt. The original people were disintegrated into different ethnic groups or integrated into others by settling between these two extremes of Africa.

The Bassa preferably use hardwoods for the manufacture of their masks. They differ from the masks of the Dan Côte d'Ivoire because they are narrower and elongated with pointed and somewhat bent chin. The male masks have torn eyes and circular the female ones.

There are festive masks and funeral masks although they currently participate in the same events. Funeral masks sing at funerals and their voice is manifested through music. Their mouths are rounded, they usually wear artistic hairstyles.

Male mask with artistic hairstyle. Tubular mouth and ear-shaped facial scarifications. Brown patina.