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n° 2581
Titre : Pende Gitenga Facemask
Notes : Exhibited: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.37, fig.83Ascribed to have more supernatural power than the Pende mbuya-type mask, Minganji masks also feature a variety of characters and take on various forms although all have the protruding cylindrical eyes and wear a netted fiber costume with raffia ruffs worn around the neck, waist, wrists and ankles. Minganji with a large circular facial area, such as this example, are of the Gitenga sub-variety, the grandfather or chief of all other Minganji masks and refers to the setting solar disk, a symbol of life and regeneration, while others of the Minganji series of masks embody death, uncertainty and darkness.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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