Dan mask Duperrier
of overall refined proportions and hollowed oval form, the
pointed chin and small ears, the full, protruding lips with open, red pigmented
camwood mouth, the finelly carved nose framed by delicate cheekbones and slit
eyes and the sensitive brows beneath the sloped forehead pierced for the
attachment of the braided diadem of hair leading to tendrils on either side, the
coiffure is complete and finelly breaded; exceptionally fine aged and varied
deep brown and encrusted surface.
PROVENANCE
Christies, Paris, June 2003
LITERATURE AND REFERENCES
Lehuard 1978: 22
Robbins and Nooter 1989: 160, figure 298 ( a quite similar one from the William
Brill collection, probably made by the same sculptor)
A
very fine Dan mask coming from the Duperrier collection Paris.
It was in my private collection since 2003, and is the finest mask in my collection
PLEASE DO NOT BUY this mask because I am not in a hurry to sell it . It gives me so much pleasure.
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Information ref nr: Duperrier Dan mask 03.00.05.20.06
My
advertising in Tribal autumn'03 edition with the mask.
The finely weaved fibers rom the headdress is typical from the older XIXth century samples of Dan masks.
measurements note: height 9 in. 23 cm
CATALOGUE NOTE
The
Duperrier mask is an exceptional example of the known style of the Tankangle.
Tankangle is an entertainment masquerade in which the character appears in
front of the spectators with an orchestra or chorus, or sometimes with a single
attendant.
The Duperrier mask unifies all the characteristics that the Dan connect with the
ideal female beauty, i.e. slit eyes, delicate jawline, small ears and finely
plaited hair. The crescent slit-eyes together with the tenderly defined
cheekbones and the full lips are of exceptionally fine quality and suggest that
this mask is the work of a master carver.
For related masks see Fischer and Himmelheber (1984: 27, figure 22) and Sotheby's New York, May 25, 1999, lot 224, and lot 33 of the Brill auction at Sothebys.
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