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DAN AFRICAN PASSPORT MASK - MA GO MASK with provenance
DAN AFRICAN PASSPORT MASK - MA GO MASK with provenance
DAN AFRICAN PASSPORT MASK - MA GO MASK with provenance
DAN AFRICAN PASSPORT MASK - MA GO MASK with provenance
DAN AFRICAN PASSPORT MASK - MA GO MASK with provenance
DAN AFRICAN PASSPORT MASK - MA GO MASK with provenance

DAN AFRICAN PASSPORT MASK - MA GO MASK with provenance

$ 132

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Tribe: Dan
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: good used condition
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

    Description

    DAN PASSPORT MASKS
    PORTRAIT MASKS
    Miniature Masks
    MA GO
    YILOU PO
    GBA PO
    NYONKULA
    Passport masks are made by every culture in West Africa, but the Dan complex produces more than any other people. Like their larger counterparts they are powerful charms, filled with spirit, with potential for good or evil. But while the full-sized masks are made for display in public ceremonies, the passport masks are not performed and are usually hidden from prying eyes. They may be kept in the compound or on a personal shrine. They can be worn on the arm or around the neck as an amulet to protect the owner when he is hunting or making war. They are carried about the person when traveling; hence the term ‘passport’ mask. Another source for the term ‘passport’ may be their use as ‘stepping stones’ at Dan secret society initiations (Liberia/Ivory Coast). Small masks are placed as obstacles on the path leading to the meeting place; aspiring members must pay to have them removed.
    This fine example includes provenance from an auction at Brissonneau Archeologie (LOT 415) and will be shipped with its original metal stand.  The provenance will be shipped with mask.
    Measures 7“long and 3“wide.