West Africa, Ivory Coast (Dan) -- Singing Mask "Gegon" at Maple
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2006.2.122; E01575
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film (Göttingen, Germany)
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content: Institut Für Den Wissenschaftlichen Filmen (IWF) Encyclopaedia Cinematographica film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (15 minutes, color sound, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film: this singing mask with its beak-shaped nose and monkey-hair beard is known as a Tukan mask to the Maple villagers. The Tukan is the king of the birds and is said to have brought the oil palm to the Dan people. Tukan, then, is mentioned frequently in the songs of this mask.
Legacy Keywords: Ivory Coast ; West Africa, Ivory Coast ; Africa; Dan