African mask

Lot 8605 limit € 120

Dan, Liberia/Ivory Coast, face mask, carved wood, dark patina, probably a gunye ge runner mask, characteristic round eye cutouts with metal fittings, slightly open mouth with full lips, forehead with a vertical central scar, bordered in bulges of fabric decorated with cowrie snails, signs of age, total H Approx. 41 cm, first half of the 20th century, with finely speckled bird feathers, L up to approx. 46 cm