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THBEarly 20th C. African Dan / Guerze Wooden Gagon Mask
Lot 254
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
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Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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West Africa, Ivory Coast and Liberia, Dan / Guerze peoples, ca. first half of the 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden face mask of an intriguing form. Known as a Gagon (also Gegon), masks like this example depict a hornbill bird and are meant to emphasize the importance of the hornbill in Dan/Guerze culture. The hollow mask features angled cheeks, narrow eyes inset with thin metal panels, a prominent beak-like nose, and an articulated mandible. The gap beneath the beaked nose is meant to hold a tuft of dark brown monkey fur characteristic of the Gagon mask typology. Today Gagon mask dancers are primarily accompanied with drums and singers to provide entertainment to the village; however, they are also employed when escorting convicted felons out of the village. Size: 5.7" W x 9.625" H (14.5 cm x 24.4 cm); 15.2" H (38.6 cm) on included custom stand.
Cf. The Virginia Museum of Fine Art, object number 78.3
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex Thomas D. Slater collection, Texas USA; ex-Professor Robert Berg collection, La Mesa, California, USA, collected 1970s to 1980s
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Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#158007Loss to original monkey hair tuft around snout as shown. Abrasions and nicks to snout, brow, and peripheries, with light encrustations, otherwise intact and very good. Nice brown pigment remains across obverse.Condition
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