Initiation mask - gray gray fiber wood - Masque Dan Zapkei ou Gunye gei - Dan - Ivory Coast - 26 cm
These masks were used during votive ceremonies. There are about ten types, all responding to particular functions. They were sculpted by an artist whose legend has it that his vocation appeared to him in a dream. The mask allowed its wearer to transgress reality, to access the other world that of the forest and the supernatural.
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These masks were used during votive ceremonies. There are about ten types, all responding to particular functions. They were sculpted by an artist whose legend has it that his vocation appeared to him in a dream. The mask allowed its wearer to transgress reality, to access the other world that of the forest and the supernatural.
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