BAULE STYLE Metal Masks 14-30 5.5"-7" high $50-$300

DAN STYLE Metal Masks 51-55 8.5"-9" high $200 each

The masks below have been sold and are left here for educational and research purposes.

DAN STYLE Mini Masks 1-24 3"-6.5" high ALL SOLD

BEMBE STYLE Passport Mask 1 6" high SOLD

TOMA STYLE Passport Mask 1 6.75" high SOLD

TOMA STYLE Passport Mask 2 7" high SOLD

MBOLE STYLE Passport Mask 3 5" high SOLD

LEGA STYLE Passport Masks 2-23 3.5" - 7" high ALL SOLD

MBOLE STYLE Passport Masks 3- 8 5.5" - 6.75" high ALL SOLD

LEGA STYLE Bone Pendant Masks 32-34 3" high ALL SOLD

DAN STYLE Mini Object 25 7.5" high SOLD

MINIATURE MASKS, West and Central Africa

The best known tradition of using miniature masks were by the Dan people of Liberia and the Ivory Coast.

The Dan people carried small masks (less than 20 cm high) which are sometimes called "passport" masks. They are sewn onto a piece of cloth and kept in a leather pouch and possibly worn in the small of the back. They are miniature copies of a family mask and sometimes received libations. These apotropaic masks also act as witnesses during initiation ceremonies.

-----From The Tribal Arts of Africa by Jean-Baptiste Bacquart.

Please note the sizes carefully. Photographs of small objects can make them appear much larger than they are.