Miniature Passport
Dan · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MPS-12
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- Height
- 7 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Small passport mask to be worn in the belt or hanging of the neck, in some sack like amulet, in the traditional manifestations. It also serves…
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Full original description
Small passport mask to be worn in the belt or hanging of the neck, in some sack like amulet, in the traditional manifestations. It also serves as a password to access the sacred forest and performs more functions than any other passport mask, despite its miniature size. It is a rare specimen, because of the size and the small number of known specimens.
Black polychromy over which the red and white stand out.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
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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