Zoomorphic masl "goli glen"
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89th Tribal Art AuctionZoomorphic masl "goli glen"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
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wood, paint,
The mask is said to combine antelope and crocodile features. It is distinguished from other "goli" masks by the playing of the "tre" horn during the dance. "Glen" wears a large antelope skin on its back and a fresh green palm-fiber cape, which takes several men a couple of hours to prepare and is very heavy to wear. He does a rapid, vigorous stamping dance that is rather wild-looking but never uncontrolled.
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, München 8 April 2009
Vogel, Susan Mullin, Baule, African Art - Western Eyes, New York 1997, p. 174