GROUP OF DAN PASSPORT MASKS

Ca. 19th - 20th century AD. > A group of five miniature carved wooden masks with elongated oval faces and stylized facial features, including almond-shaped or slit eyes, pronounced noses and incised coiffures. Each example is mounted on a later metal display stand. Passport masks of this type are associated with the Dan people of Liberia and C�te d�Ivoire and were traditionally worn on the body or attached to the costume of initiated members of the Poro society. These small masks served as personal protective objects and symbolic representations of guardian spirits within Dan ritual and social traditions. > > Size: 70-100mm x 50-65mm; Weight: 520g > Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s. > >

Estimate:£400

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