Old Dan Passport Mask Ex Scheinberg coll.

A small but fascinating old carved wooden "passport" mask with signs of field use and wear. The mask was carried as a magic charm when the owner was traveling, hence the trade name, "Passport" Dan peo

A small carved wooden maskette with heavily encrusted surface and a unusual smile on its face. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 4 inches tall , 5.25 inches tall on professional

A Miniature carved wooden mask with classic facial features and a well handled smooth surface patina suggesting years of traditional Use. The mask itself measures 2.25 inches tall ( a display stand is

A Very Finely carved Dan face mask with darkened surface and finely carved incised designs. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast. A metal display stand can be included for an additional $40.00. The mask measures

A Fine Old carved wooden miniature mask with raised central linear design on forehead, well worn smooth surface and signs of ritual use. The maskette measures 3 inches tall, 4 1/8 inches tall on custo

A very finely carved wooden face mask with a glossy polished surface patina and a deep well handled patina. The mask has wide open eyes and evidence it once had metal accents. The mask will include a

A carved wooden African mask with classic Dan mask features, decorated and stylized coiffure and well handled surface patina. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask itself measures 3 inches t

A small dark carved wooden mask with protruding mouth. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. Passport masks were carried by travelers as a source of Magic power to their ritual mask left at home. The

A carved wooden Dan mask with protruding cylindrical eyes, attached lower jaw and embellished with beads and textiles. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast or Liberia, West Africa. The mask measures 12 x 7 x 5 in

A carved wooden face mask with elegant and realistic facial treatment with wide open eyes and classic overall form. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, Africa. The mask measures 8.5 x 5 inches. Provenance: Ex.

A Fine carved wooden mask with overall well handled black shiny surface suggesting years of field use. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 3.25 inches ( 5.25 inches on custom disp

A weathered and eroded old Dan Family Passport mask with well handled surface and archaic aesthetic. Custom mounted. The mask measures 8.5 inches ( 12.5 inches on display stand). Provenance: Field col

A boldly carved wooden maskette known as a Passport mask, carried by the owner when traveling as a direct connection to the magic of his family mask at home. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, Africa. The mask

A carved wooden passport maskette with incised designs, protruding lips and well handled surface. Among the Dan peoples of the Ivory Coast region anyone who has a spiritual connection with a mask, or

A carved wooden diminutive mask with kaolin clay pigments accenting the eyes and a well handled and worn surface. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask itself measures 6.5 inches tall ( 10.5

A Carved wooden mask in avian form with elaborate woven textile headdress attached. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 11 inches tall ( 13 x 15 when adding the headdress). This m

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A small carved wooden maskette with smooth well handled surface and large round eyes suggesting a Toma tribal influence. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask measures 2.5 inches tall ,4.5 i

A carved wooden maskette with highly stylized facial features and painted coiffure. The mask has a well handled surface suggesting age and handling. The maskette measures 6.75 x 4 ( 8 inches tall on s

A carved wooden ceremonial mask with woven rope adornment and with iron spike driven into the forehead and embellished with organic matter and earthen substances around the forehead and packed into th

A carved wooden face mask. The mask has been embellished with old glass beads, cowrie shells on textile , animal hide /hair as well as a bronze bell. Dan peoples, Ivory Coast, West Africa. The mask me

A Dramatic carved wooden mask accented with blue and white kaolin clay pigments, with an encrusted surface. Kagle masks are "troublemakers", meant to disturb village festivities with their erratic mov

A carved wooden miniature mask with stylized coiffure , well handled surface and classic features like the concave face and scalloped edges of the Bassa masking tradition among the Dan complex of Trib

This is an old and field used carved wooden mask from the Dan peoples, Cote ,West Africa. This mask originates from the central Ivory Coast and is an original "Passport" maskette, a smaller hand held