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Masks are the most important art form of the Dan people of Liberia. [1] The Dan people refer to these masks as gle or ge , terms that refers both to the physical mask and the individual spirits the mask is believed to embody during masquerade performances.
The Dan or Mano-Dan are a Mande ethnic group from northwestern Ivory Coast and neighbouring Liberia. [1] There are approximately 700 000 members of the group and their largest settlement is Man, Ivory Coast. Neighboring peoples include the Krahn, Kpelle and Mano. They are officially known as Yacouba (or Yakouba). [1]
Dan deangle mask, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum Dan feast ladle (wunkermian), from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum Janus-faced staff, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum. Dan art is created by the Dan people of Liberia and the Ivory Coast.
Between 1930 and 1948 Harley purchased and cataloged 391 wooden face masks for the Peabody museum, mostly from Mano- and Dan-speaking peoples. He wrote two essays on the masks, Notes on the Poro in Liberia (1941) and Masks as Agents of Social Control in Northeast Liberia (1950) which described the function of the masks in secret societies and ...
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These masks then serve a variety of functions, ranging from ritual ceremonies, entertainment, and focal points in moral stories to judicial and political controls. Typically, female masks are viewed as less imposing and more beautiful than male masks and are in turn used more for ritual and entertainment purposes, while the male masks are often ...
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The Dan are a people who inhabit Liberia and the Ivory Coast. They have a population of about 35,000 and speak Dan . Art and music are enormous parts of Dan culture. The primary art form of the Dan is their masks, which emulate virtually every aspect of Dan society.