Dan Dance Mask

Dance Mask 19 high Circa 20th Century Dan, Liberia, West Africa Wood, Natural fibers A mask of carved wood, tapering into an oval shape. The forehead is slightly domed with a vertical medial ridge and a supra orbital crest above the zone of the eyes. The eyes are shaped into narrow slits. The nose is broad and the lips are enlarged, with a triangular shape. Long, braided natural fibers form the hair and have been attached to drilled holes around the perimeter of the mask.https://dclu.langston.edu/africanartcollection_14_15/1022/thumbnail.jp