African wood mask antiques Décor carved wooden Hanging Dan Wall Hanging Masks for wall-9912 Tribal bobo Bedu the Dan believe that spirits

the Dan believe that spirits

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Masks Among The Igbo

adolescent boys are separated from the village and made to undergo a series of ordeals

African wood mask antiques Décor carved wooden Hanging Dan Wall Hanging Masks for wall-9912 Tribal bobo Bedu the Dan believe that spirits17. 5 15. 4 CM The Dan are a farming people who inhabit the hinterland of the western Coast and Liberia. They have a great number of masked figures that represent spirits of the bush, and fulfill a variety of social, political, and religious functions. Although eleven individual types of masks can be distinguished by formal criteria, the types cannot be associated with specific functions because the meaning of the masks changes over time. Dan people