Dan mask, Ivory Coast, c. 1960

The Dan people have achieved notoriety for their ceremonial festivals. During these festivals, masked performers dance on stilts. Master Go, the head of the society of the same name, owns the masks and keeps them in a sacred hut. All Dan masks are sacred; they do not represent desert spirits, they are the spirits themselves. Dan masks are characterized by a concave face, a prominent mouth, a high forehead and are often covered with a rich patina. There are a variety of Dan masks, each of which has a different function. Height: 29 cm Reproduced: Catalogue “Africa Babel: the Art of a Continent”, p.- 169
 
Exhibitions:
2022-2024 Island of Fuerteventura “Art Africa: Ancestral Light”. Lighthouse of the Entallada. Cabildo of Fuerteventura.
2021-2022 Panama City. Government of Panama. “Art Africa: the spirit of the ancestors”. Ministry of Culture Headquarters. Casco Viejo.
2019-2020 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Caja Canarias Foundation. “Africa-Babel: the art of a Continent”. Headquarters Plaza Patriotismo.
2013-2015 Museum of Art of Africa and Oceania (Madao). La Granja de San Ildefonso, Segovia.
2005 “Black Africa”, Leather Museum.
2004 “Black Africa”. Caixa Laietana Foundation, Barcelona. Main exhibition hall