Description:

West Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Dan or Gere peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A fine hand-carved wooden Gere mask with a bulbous nose, slit-form eyes, full lips surrounding a narrow mouth, and a protruding forehead replete with several hemispherical nodules. White-painted wooden discs are set above the eye slits for the symbolic 'eyes,' with thick swaths of orange and white pigment accentuating the nose, cheeks, and forehead, and a pair of projecting boar tusks curving out from the corners of the mouth. Thick textile pads create the minimalist coiffure atop the brow, and several perforated holes line the peripheries for attaching to a larger costume. Size: 7.5" W x 11" H (19 cm x 27.9 cm).

For a similar example with more-elaborate features, please see Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste. "The Tribal Arts of Africa: Surveying Africa's Artistic Geography." Thames & Hudson, New York, 2000, p. 46, fig. A.

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private New York, USA collection

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#145138

  • Condition: Minor abrasions and chipping to obverse, verso, peripheries, tusks, and pigment, with fading to areas of original pigmentation, and light insect damage. Nice earthen deposits and traces of original pigmentation throughout.

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