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Description : Wood
Tanda, east Ivory Coast, West Africa, 1st third 20th century
Kulango people
Healing power during the nightly 'Zaurau'-celebration
Male, triangular mask type with two curved horns
With mounting in the form of stele
Height: 198 cm
Good condition
Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU.Male mask type with two curved horns and a slender stele shaped midsection. Their striking, triangular headboard shows a mask with protruding horns and big eyes that form the slits of the 'Bedu'-mask.
The, made from a root leaf, zoomorphic masks board from the Bedu cult (Bedu = moon), danced in pairs at full moon, in order to avert imminent danger, to protect the village from sinister forces and to transmit fertilizing potency.
The monumental masks monitored simultaneously on cohesion within the community and mediated - during a special ceremony, which could take several days - reconciling disputes. Shapes and colors also include therefore all conceivable opposites such as male / female, up / down, light / dark, round / square, full / empty, water / land, sky / earth, etc., came consciously to fruition during the ceremonies. The mask presented only superficially a buffalo. Through initiation the members of the society learned to read the symbolism of the mask. The design of this female mask is certainly a classic example of the estimated in the African art abstraction and reduction to the essentials. It is not about to replicate the natural, but the invention of a new form and the expression of content. This type of mask is also found in neighboring clans, for example, Grusi u. Nafana.
The mask is in good condition with minimal signs of age and wear, including weather damage. On the head part an original repair can be seen. A mounting is in the form of the stele available, Remains of an old, red and white paint are visible.Literature:
H. M. Cole, D. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, p. 131 u. see p. 132, fig. 287.
R. Siebert, Roslyn A. Walker African Art in the cycle of life. 1987 a. 1989, p. 72, (mask with face).
Comp. lit.: 302, Andre'et Afo Guenneguez. Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
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