Kaoglé Mask
Dan · Liberia
Reference: MFANT-223
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- Height
- 38 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Very prominent elongated and triangular nose, triangular eyes and overly outstanding mouth. The reduced and slightly rounded front is located on a higher plane. Like the…
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Full original description
Very prominent elongated and triangular nose, triangular eyes and overly outstanding mouth. The reduced and slightly rounded front is located on a higher plane. Like the gablé mask is a fun mask. It's a mask used by the dan Kran. The purpose of this mask is to amuse people at the fun holidays, making jokes or throwing small branches of wood at them. Patina for use.
Further technical information
- Width
- 22 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Liberia. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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