Mask Dan, Mano Liberia, Ivory coast

Mask Dan

Mano live in Northeastern Liberia adjacent to the Dan. The two groups are very closely related liguistically and culturally, with one exception.
The Mano maintain the Poro society as a principal feature of social organization, while the Dan do not have this society.
















The Two groups create similar arts objects, though used in somewhat different ways.
Dan carvers often produced works Mano patrons and vice versa. Thus is often difficult to distinguish with certainly which culture a particular work comes from without specific information on the carver or provenance.

Mask Mano

 The broad facial features, presence of ears and agular profile allows to attribute this work to the Mano.