Sickness Mask

Dan · Côte d’Ivoire

Reference: MAVA-3

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Height
7.50 cm
Material
Wood, cloth and metal

Mask of sickness calls but which are carried by sorcerers or healers in healing sessions to cope with a certain disease. This mask stands out for…

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Mask of sickness calls but which are carried by sorcerers or healers in healing sessions to cope with a certain disease. This mask stands out for having on its face divided into two parts by means of a piece of red cloth that covers the right half of the face and that has a round eye, whose opening is surrounded by a small metallic circle, while the left part of the face is black with the eye above that the right is only a narrow and small elongated fissure surrounded by an elongated oval pupil, pointed at the inside, and in the form of an indigenous arrow splicing on the outside, superimposed by a ligorically arched and rather thick eyebrow. Everything seems to indicate that this mask is used for the healing of patients in visual problems. Open ears and thick, prominent lips that form a barely ajar mouth. Time skate.

Further technical information
Width
16 cm
Depth
23 cm
Attributed period
First third 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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