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 A Dan mask of oval shape with a row of attachment holes around the rim, a beard of cord attached to the chin with bells worked into it. Round eyes with metal rims framed by two arches of eyebrows, a straight nose with two small breathing holes, between the protruding upper lip and a red painted lower lip is a row of aluminium teeth; dark almost black patina with signs of use and age. Lit.: "The Arts of the Dan in West Africa", Eberhard Fischer und Hans Himmelheber, Katalog Museum Rietberg Zürich, S. 48. |
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