Bidspirit auction | DAN GE GON BIRD MASK

DAN GE GON BIRD MASK - Ca. 20th century AD. >A Dan Ge Gon bird mask with a pronounced elongated beak and narrow slit mouth, the surface with incised detailing along the beak. Mounted on a later display stand. Masks of this type are associated with the Dan people of Liberia and western C?te d?Ivoire, used within the Poro society and related ceremonial contexts, where animal imagery symbolised spiritual attributes such as vigilance and power. > >Size: 125mm x 100mm; Weight: 280g >Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. > >