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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Taupou, post: 2171777, member: 45&quot;](Sorry, but I had to stop to take an important phone call, that came just as I began writing.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I should have mentioned that, since the Dan tribe is located on both sides of the border between the Ivory Coast and Liberia, it could have been made in either country.</p><p><br /></p><p>The size, which appears to be too small to actually be worn as a dance mask, plus the lack of any holes used to attach it, indicates it is a &quot;passport mask,&quot; or at least a passport-style mask.</p><p><br /></p><p>Passport masks were small versions of actual masks, but designed to be carried on the person, rather than displayed in a public dance.&nbsp; They were personal charms and protective spirits. Several neighboring tribes in western Africa made them.&nbsp; And today they are produced as souvenir items.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s difficult to tell the age from the photos, or the authenticity, that is, whether it was made for personal use, or as an item to be sold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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