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| Title: | Dan and Mende Masks: A Structural Comparison |
| Author: | Jedrej, M. Charles |
| Year: | 1986 |
| Periodical: | Africa: Journal of the International African Institute |
| Volume: | 56 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 71-80 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Sierra Leone Liberia Ivory Coast - Côte d'Ivoire |
| Subjects: | Dan masks Mende Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Architecture and the Arts |
| External links: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/1159734 https://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pao:&rft_dat=xri:pao:article:4011-1986-056-00-000005 |
| Abstract: | Comparative and structural analysis of Mende and Dan mask traditions. Although the difference between Dan and Mende mask institutions is considerable, the analysis shows extensive and systemamic relationships. In general terms Mende masks have evolved in the sense of having become more rationalized compared with Dan masks. Thus they represent spirits rather than embody them; they can be traded in market relationships; and the relationship between the mask and the mask wearer is instrumental. This evolution recalls the making of Mende society in the history of their migrations and conquests, contrary to the relatively stationary nature of Dan society. Notes, ref., sum. in French. |
