African Dan Mask From Liberia / Ivory Coast

  

AFRICAN DAN MASK FROM LIBERIA / IVORY COAST. AFRICAN ART, TRIBAL, DAN MASK FROM LIBERIA / IVORY COAST. MATERIALS : PIGMENTS - WOOD - RAFFIA - ROPE - SHELLS.

DAN MASKS ARE USED FOR PROTECTION AND TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SPIRITUAL WORLD. THE DAN BELIEVE THAT THEIR WORLD IS SPLIT INTO TWO DOMAINS, THE HUMAN DOMAIN WHICH REPRESENTS THE VILLAGE AND ITS PEOPLE AND THE SPIRITUAL DOMAIN OF THE FOREST AND WILD ANIMALS. SACRED PRAYER AND DANCE WITH THE MASKS IS USED TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN THE TWO DOMAINS. THIS ANCIENT DAN MASK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH CLEAR SIGNS OF SIGNIFICANT AGE.

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