Mask Passport Dan Mahou
Dan · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MPS-35
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- Height
- 25 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Passport masks are usually reproduction of large masks. In this case we are facing the reproduction of a mask dan mahou. The dan maou inhabit the…
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Full original description
Passport masks are usually reproduction of large masks. In this case we are facing the reproduction of a mask dan mahou. The dan maou inhabit the northern part of the dan country. Their masks are of significant size. Their chin is attached to a large beak, often accompanied by a beard. It is a mask of justice, also destined to fight the sorcerers. This passport mask is elongated and black with red eyelids. It's an anthropozoomorphic mask.
Further technical information
- Width
- 7 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
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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