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ANTHROPOMORPHIC MASK
Culture Dan, North of Ivory Coast
First half of the 20th century
Wood, fabric, iron, vegetable fibers and pigments
H .: 23; L .: 13; Thickness: 7.5 cm
Anthropomorphic openwork facial mask with almond-shaped eyes, surmounted by two crescent-shaped eyebrow arches and underlined by a slightly domed forehead. His mouth has rimmed lips enhanced with red fabric and concealing small iron teeth. Its fine nose ends in two half-moon nostrils. He wears a headdress made of finely braided vegetable fibers, colored black and finished in two strands at the temples. This same pigmentation covers the entire mask. Only the reverse is left raw.
The entire circumference of the mask is drilled.
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