DAN and BASSA, Liberia, Ivory Coast. Five Passport Masks... (Total: 5 Items)

Description

DAN and BASSA, Liberia, Ivory Coast
Five Passport Masks

Wood, pigments, glass beads, fiber, aluminum, wax

The small, black maskette on the upper left has a bird beak, possibly representing a hornbill. Next to it is a miniature that once had an application of red pigment. The two small examples in the lower row are perhaps from the Bassa people, and the maskette in the upper right corner has strings of glass beads. A strip of sheet aluminum with slits cut in it for eyes covers the eye area, although two eyeholes appear below it.

Heights: ranging from 2 ¾ to 4 inches



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