A colorful Ivory Coast Dan dance wearing a traditional Dan mask, a fur trimmed hat, African print clothes and a raffia skirt. The dancer is 15” in height. It makes a beautiful addition to your home.
ABOUT: The figure represents a traditional dancer of the Ivory Coast stilt walkers. It is a ritual dance that protects the village and is celebrated during ceremonies, such as weddings, funerals, initiations and other special occasions. The costume-mask is often composed of a headdress, a wide skirt in palm fiber and a cloak of cloth, that completely covers the wearer, hiding his body, respecting the belief that the mask is a spirit of the forest and not a human being. The natural fiber represents the wild forest while the fabric represents the civilized human society and the mask is a mediator between these two worlds.
