5885a Very Rare Bete mask Top Object for collector

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5885a Very Rare Bete mask Top Object for collector:
$899.00

ARTE AFRICANA

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Rare Bete mask

Material : hard wood,Pigments , metal ,vegetal fibers, patina.

Origin:Ivorry Coast

XX centuryDimensions : height 45

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Oral traditions describe theDan society of the 19th century as lacking any central governing power. Socialcohesion was fostered by a shared language and a preference for intermarriage.Generally, each village had a headman who had earned his position of advantagein the community through hard work in the fields and through luck as a hunter.They usually surrounded themselves with young warriors for protection frominvading neighbors and exchanged gifts with other chiefs in order to heightentheir own prestige. Out of this custom was born the basic tradition of tin amongthe Dan, which was based on displaying one\'s success in order to build a goodreputation and name.

The Dan world view holdsthat everything can be divided into two separate and clear categories. Theprimary dichotomy is between village and bush, in other words, things that havebeen controlled by man and things that have not. Crossing over the dividing lineis dangerous business, and whenever it is done, whether to clear new fields orsimply crossing the forest, the bush spirits must be appeased. In order to takepart in village life, the bush spirits must take corporeal form. The Dan believethat all creatures have a spirit soul (du), which is imparted onto humans andanimals from the creator god, Xra, through birth. One\'s du is immortal and ispassed on after death to a new being. However, some du remain bodiless. Theyinhabit the forests as bush spirits and must establish a relationship with aperson if they wish to be manifested and honored. Often the spirit will requestthe chosen person to dance the spirit, utilizing a mask to illustrate thespirit\'s shipping costs of the objects fromGermany includes packing and insurance up to 500 euro and trackingnumber, if it is send with DHL Germany . The pack will be posted within24 hours of payment, with a usual eventual arrival of 4 to 6 workingdays.

Objects of little size to 2 kilograms can besend also with priority mail international . This will take 5-10 days.

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Germany6,90Euro2 EuroEurope 16,90Euro2 EuroU.S.A. 32,00 Euro5 Euroworldwide 32,00 Euro5 Euro

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