Mask of the Ivory Coast dan style. Wood, cowrie... Lot 6

Mask of the Ivory Coast dan style. Wood, cowrie shells, animal skin, feathers Height: 28 cm Beautiful honey patina with darker contrasts. Long horizontal linear eyelids, intensifying the wide hollowed-out eyes. Rings marked by white pigments. A frieze on either side of the eyes, all in horizontality, enhanced with white pigments. Realistic nose. Mouth with small lips wide open from which some teeth are protruding. A crown of cowrie shells tops the mask, overhung by an animal skin, on either side of the skull long feathers. Expression of ferocity in contrast with the softness of the honey patina and the ornaments. Irregular modeling.