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n° 2571
Titre : A Bakongo Facemask
Notes : Provenance:Henry and Joan Kagan before 1965Exhibited:Governors State University, IL, 2003Krannert Art Museum, IL, 2003Belger Art Foundation/University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, 2004Tall Grass Art Association, IL, 2005Published:Bourgeois and Rodolitz, REMNANTS OF RITUAL: SELECTIONS FROM THE GELBARD COLLECTION OF AFRICAN ART, Ethnos, New York, 2003, p.32, fig.73Masks, such as this example, were worn by a ritual charm specialist, nganga, in order to relieve a sick person who, according to Yombe belief, had their soul seized and taken into the forest or across the waters. In many ways, this mask is a tour de force, the soft and rounded, naturalistic features appear almost as portraiture in relation to the many masks that seem to rehash canonic imagery without synthesis. Additionally, this striking example seems to display a contradiction within itself as the coloration (white coloring was seen as something frightful and associated with the dead to the Bakongo) adds a powerful and almost terrifying aspect to the otherwise serene and brooding face.Bonhams 2, Salle de vente
, New York, US
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Titre de la vente : Fine African and Oceanic Art
Date de la vente : 13/11/2007
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