Rare headdress "kwonro" · Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo · ID: 3046180
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, 13 June 1979, Lot 26Lempertz, Brussels, 28 April 2007, Lot 49
Charles-Jacques Massar, Brussels, Belgium
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Belgian private collection
Size
H: 88 cm
H: 34.6 inch
Description
wood, basketry, fabric, rest.
The “kwonro” ceremonial headdress is worn in a public dance that celebrates to the community the completion of “kwonro” and the second grade of “poro”.
The openwork figure in the centre is called “ndeo” or “mandeo” (pl. “mandebele”) and represents a nature spirit.
Comparing literature
Goldwater, Robert, Senufo Sculpture from West Africa, Greenwich 1964, ill. 76
Publications
AHDRC: 0072744