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Dan Gagon Mask

"In the wooded region of Man large beaked masks are encountered: they are embodiments of a mythical hornbill bird."

Homberger (Lorenz), "Kultur und Völker an der Elfenbeinküste" in Swissair Gazette, March 1985:15

Height: 35 cm. (14 in.).

Provenance: Chrsties Sale 5487, 11 June 2007, lot 46 Paris. Yale database nr: 0078697~01

photo courtesy Christies

The oval face hinged jaw and covered with white, black and brown hair, round eyes surrounded by metal, black pigments, ocher and red. Old crusty patina with same aspect as a Boli .

Related documentation:

"Arts premiers de Cote d'Ivoire", by Alain-Michel Boyer, Patrick Girard, Marc eau Rivière, Saint-Maur, 1997:81, #71

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