African Tribal Face Mask Wood Hand Carved Wall Hanging Kuba Dan Mask-9690

22.6/15.3 -CM
The Dan are a farming people who inhabit the hinterland of the western Coast and Liberia. They have a great number of masked figures that represent spirits of the bush, and fulfill a variety of social, political, and religious functions. Although eleven individual types of masks can be distinguished by formal criteria, the types cannot be associated with specific functions because the meaning of the masks changes over time. Dan people have achieved notoriety in the area for their entertainment festivals which were historically village ceremonies, but are today performed largely for tourists.