2021-19-5 (Mask)

2021-19-5 (Mask) image

This is a mask from the Dan people of the Ivory Coast. It features a large, oblong, concave face. There are two eye holes with red painted above and below them, ending at the same line that the nose ends at. The nose is large and has a vertical line running up it to the top of the forehead. The lips are large, open into the mask, and painted white. Along the curve of the forehead is a brown cloth painted with mud and paint to become hard and uniform. Stitched with raffia are white cowrie seashells. Under the headband, continuing all the way around the bottom part of the mask, is a raffia beard. 

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2021-19-5 (Mask) image
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