Mask "bangoro go" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Region of Kadiala · ID: 3039012

Description

wood, slightly encrusted, dark brown patina, of oval form with pointed chin, dominated by a long, raised nose ridge with broad, edged nostrils, flanked by rectangular, open-worked eyes, the mouth only indicated, remains of cord and plant fibre at the back, small missing parts, insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, rep. (metal clamps on top of the head), base;
comparable objects: Sotheby’s, New York, November 11, 2005, lot 48; Christie’s, Paris, November 10, 2003, lot 257;
Patrick Gerard probably was the first who classified these masks as belonging to the Senufo (not Bamana), living in the border region of Mali and the Ivory Coast. Present mask type appears at a masquerade called “kpoumouroh”, taking place every seven years.

The object Mask “bangoro go” with the object ID 3039012 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 292 achieved a sales price of EUR 5,000.

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Comparing literature

Elmer, Artur & Heidrun, Afrika Begegnung, Viersen 2002, p. 65, ill. 56

Publications

Goy, Betrand, Arts anciens du Mali, Paris 2007, p. 163; van de Velde, Lucien & Joanna Teunen, Abstraction in African Art, Antwerp 2010

Exhibition

"Arts Anciens du Mali", Galerie Renaud Vanuxem, 12 Septembre - 17 October, 2007, Paris, France