Ceremonial headdress "kworo" · Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3039149
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, small remains of black paint, board-shaped, pierced in the centre, attached to a wickerwork bonnet, with remains of fabric, slightly dam., minor missing parts, abrasion of paint, rep. (crack with metal clamp), breakages (attachment of the bonnet);
in all “poro” initiation cycles, unquestionably the single most important sacred rite is the “kworo” experience of ritual death and rebirth. This “kworo” ceremonial headdress is a type which was worn by Nafara initiates in a public dance that celebrates to the community the completion of “kworo” and the second grade of “poro”. The flat openwork board would originally have been covered with ritual white paint in the checkerboard patterns of prestigious textile designs. The openwork figure is one of the most common images in Senufo graphic arts, that of the “nedo” or nature spirit.
L’objet Ceremonial headdress “kworo” avec l’ID d’objet 3039149 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 81st Tribal Art Auction dans 31 octobre 2015 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 256 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genève 1993, p. 18, ill. 11