A Dan mask
Property of various owners
A Dan mask
Liberia, of powerful form, the aggressive mask with pigmented eyes, and wide nose, scarifications indicated by raised lines from nose to cheek and by a central band between the eyes, remains of white pigment on the eyes and human hair beard attached to the lower portion, fine signs of age and traditional use.
height 9in (excluding beard)
Sold for US$ 1,830 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Sotheby’s Paris, Sale 3015, lot 91

Category: Ethnographic Art / African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art


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