Miniature mask, "ma go"
Dan, Côte d'Ivoire
Ohne Sockel / without base
Wood. H 10 cm.
Provenance:
- Galerie Maria Wyss, Basel.
- Gallery Patrick Fröhlich, Zurich.
- Daniel Meier, Winterthur (2016).
ma go ("little head") called personal miniature of a much larger, identically designed dance mask, with which the owner could identify himself as an initiate, especially when traveling, and had spiritual contact with the mother mask.
Further reading:
Fischer, Eberhard / Himmelheber, Hans (1976). The Art of Dan. Museum Rietberg: Zurich.
CHF 150 / 300
EUR 150 / 300
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