Buffalo mask "dugn'be" · Guinea-Bissau, Bidjogo · ID: 3035738
sold
EUR 2,200
Provenance
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, painted in white and black, bull horns, cord, plant fibre, open mouth with visible teeth, green resp. orange glass eyes, fabric at the back, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
“dugn’be” embodies a cattle raised within the village; it was worn by young men called “cabaro” before their initiation. Aside there are three more types of buffalo masks: “gn’opara” - a cow raised in the bush, “essenie” - the wild bull and “iare” - a zebu bull.
Comparing literature
Eisenhofer, Stefan & Iris Hahner-Herzog et. al., Mein Afrika - Die Sammlung Fritz Koenig, München, London, New York 2000, p. 142