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ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80
ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80

ANTIQUE & RARE DAN BIRD MASK LIBERIA EX SOTHEBYS '80

$ 5280

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Liberia
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back

    Description

    For your consideration is this rare and distinctly carved antique bird-beaked mask
    combined with human features called
    “ge gon”
    or
    “gägon”.
    The hornbill bird is represented by the
    ge gon
    , important in Dan mythology as the first being created by
    Zlan,
    the supreme being.
    This oval-face hard wood mask was carved with a high forehead, conjoined protuberant eyebrows, rectangular eyeholes, angular cheekbones,
    a long ridged tapering beak, the tip decorated with red cloth remnants and horsetail hair. The lower jaw is flexible, the rim perforated with 28 apertures and there is an old cardboard tag stapled to the inside of the lower jaw with these inked words; “Mask Poro Society Dan tribe circa 1850”.
    Creators
    : Dan
    Source
    : Northern Liberia, West Africa
    Material
    : wood, red cloth and horsetail remnants, brads
    Estimated Age
    : Late 19th Century
    Condition
    : VERY GOOD; wear commensurate with age and extensive use
    Provenance
    : Acquired 10/21/1980 at Sotheby Parke-Bernet Gallery in N.Y.C.
    Dimensions
    : 9.5” (24.1cm) 9” (22.8cm) x 5” (12.7cm)
    Comparable
    : Dan Bird Mask,
    Sotheby's NYC
    05/13/2011, lot 219, estimate: 00/00, Sold for ,750
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    Authenticity is unconditionally guaranteed -
    the Certificate of Authenticity accompanying this mask was
    prepared and signed by a longtime A.S.A. Senior Member, retired scholar and certified specialist in Ethnographic Art.
    If not to U.S. buyer’s satisfaction, this artwork may be returned as shipped within fourteen days of purchase for a purchase price refund
    minus 10% re-stocking fee for return of item in original condition and shipping materials.
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