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Description : wood, pigments, inscribed in red paint 1050/7, label 3208, rest. According to art historian Anita Glaze, an almost identical helmet from the Barbier-Mueller Museum (AHDRC 0130903) is believed to be from the southern Gbato-Senufo area near Ganaoni. Based on stylistic features, she assumes that it is a work by the master sculptor Sabarikwo of Wazomon (Ouazomon) (Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, p. 17). The experienced African traveller and collector K.H. Krieg rejected this attribution. According to information in the field, the type of Barber Mueller helmet had been used in performances called sigi (sigui) by Bamana communities in southern Mali and had spread from there to other places in the region, possibly also to Senufo communities along the border between Mali and Côte d'Ivoire. Thus, also for this helmet mask, the attribution to an artist, an exact place of origin and even the connection to a certain cultural or ethnic group remains vague. According to Glaze, this Gbato-Senufo helmet is called noo and is said to have only appeared in public when donned by members for highly secret initiation and healing rites. It is adorned with the horns of the West African buffalo or bush cow, which are considered the principle insignia of the nookaariga healing society. Their members undergo a rigorous training which includes learning the healing properties of a wide variety of plants and how to treat and cure an astonishing range of diseases and physical injuries. At the same time, they are accredited with a mystical power that enables them to become transformed into the mythical bush-cow and original transmitter of healing knowledge. To change into a wild bush-cow is the literal meaning of nookaariga (noo = bovine, kari or kaaariga = to change into). Krieg characterizes sigi performances of the Bamana as public events open to men, women, and children that take place during local festivals and visits of high-ranking government officials. Published In: Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 79, ill. 94, Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst, München 1975, p. 83, Fig. 102 (as a drawing) AHDRC: 0073087 Continent: Africa
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