Verger-Fèvre presents her important study of Dan masks found in villages across western Côte d'Ivoire, based on fieldwork from 1981 to 1988. She distinguishes between the "great" masks, small masks, ...

Click to open image viewer. The Dan call masks gle or ga and believe them to be manifestations of wild forest spirits. These spirits (du) have no form, but when they wish to use their powers to ...