Salampasu passport mask
Salampasu masks are famous and are characterized by a rounded forehead, slanted eyes, a triangular nose and a rectangular mouth with filed teeth. It was used for initiation ceremonies related to the society of warriors. (The tribal arts of Africa, Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, p180)
Miniature African mask certainly intended to be hung in a box, collected in Belgium, most probably from the 1940s - 1960s.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Circa 1960
- Size
- 15,5 x 9 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal art collection Belgium
- Condition
- Excellent
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Salampasu masks are famous and are characterized by a rounded forehead, slanted eyes, a triangular nose and a rectangular mouth with filed teeth. It was used for initiation ceremonies related to the society of warriors. (The tribal arts of Africa, Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, p180)
Miniature African mask certainly intended to be hung in a box, collected in Belgium, most probably from the 1940s - 1960s.