Installation view of the exhibition

Masks from the West-African Dan People

Saturday, June 12, 2010—Sunday, November 28, 2010
Gallery 261a
Free Exhibition

Masks are the most important art form of the Dan, who live on either side of the border between Liberia and Côte d'Ivoire. This installation includes eight masks, from the MIA and from two local collectors.

This exhibition is the first of a series of small-scale experimental installations that will inform the redesign of the African galleries and will incorporate technological innovations.

Listen to Gaston Gueria discuss the dreaming and making of masks in Dan culture. (1:10)




Listen to a few dreams that visitors have recorded:

Dream #1:

Dream #2: