Item Information

Dublin Core

Title

Dan mask of forest demon

Description

Highly polished, rather primitively carved wood mask. Note tiny pointed chin and long narrow nose, as well as narrow eyes

Mask repaired in several places, appears to have been croacked down rt. side. Saw marks on back suggest that back of mask sawed off at one time

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia

Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Identifier

DM number: M18.02

Box: 117

Coverage

Ivory Coast

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

gift, Stanley Marcus through Carlebach, 1953

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Masks (costume)

wood

Physical Dimensions

9.875"x6.5"

Citation

“Dan mask of forest demon,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 23, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/items/show/2460.