Antique Dan Mask with Original Textile Remains

Dan People, Liberia / Côte d’Ivoire Height: 22 cm (32 cm on stand) Provenance: – Jack Nelis, The Hague.. Dutch Private Collection. – Acquired from the collection of Dr. Srdjan Sremac, anthropologist and researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. This mask entered my collection through a thoughtful exchange between two collectors with different perspectives on African art. Read the story behind that exchange.