Dan masks

Dan dean gle mask, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum
Dan bu gle mask, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum
Von Gla mask, from the collection of the Brooklyn Museum

Masks are the most important art form of the Dan people of Liberia.[1] The Dan people refer to these masks as gle or ge, terms that refers both to the physical mask and the individual spirits the mask is believed to embody during masquerade performances.

  1. ^ Johnson, Barbara C. (1986). Four Dan sculptors : continuity and change. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. ISBN 088401049X.