Mask - Dan - Côte d'Ivoire

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Private Guinean collection of African art - gathered in the 1980s.

Museum collections and specialists distinguish several “personalities” of masks, each associated with a specific social or ritual function:

Déangle / Deangle: often depicted with slit eyes and soft or idealized features, this mask is perceived as feminine and benevolent, sometimes linked to food gathering or protecting young men in initiation.

Gunyege (or Gunyeya): this mask appears notably during ritual races where the masked wearer pursues the unmapped; it symbolizes endurance, competition, and community vitality.

Tankagle / Bagle: entertainment masks that perform dances, sketches and bring joy and spectacle to festivities.

Buglé: sometimes associated with strength, it historically accompanied men in war or major collective undertakings.

Beyond these figures, numerous regional and village variants exist, some rarer or intended for very specific contexts (justice, peace, major events).

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