Face mask "kplekple yassoua" of the "goli" group ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Baule · ID: 3050481

Description

wood, paint, with cross bar, rest.

“Kple kple”, the first set of masks to appear during “goli” celebrations, represent the junior male society and are used to announce the arrival of “goli glin” and “kpwan”. They appear as male-female couple, “kplekple yassoua” and “kplekple bla”, painted in black and red.

“Kplekple” is performed by young men wearing a goatskin on their backs and dancing spiritedly to the music and singing of children and adolescents.

The object Face mask “kplekple yassoua” of the “goli” group with the object ID 3050481 was last part of the auction 102nd Auction at April 13, 2024 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 151 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,200.

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