Deux planches sculptées figuratives d'une plate-forme de danse Salampasu
Estate of Harry Radliffe II (1949-2015), Connecticut, USA
Radliffe war der erste Afroamerikaner, der ein CBS-Nachrichtenbüro leitete, und über 25 Jahre lang preisgekrönter Produzent von „60 Minutes“. Er wurde mit vier Emmy Awards und dem renommierten George Foster Peabody Award ausgezeichnet.
Radliffe was the first African-American to head a CBS News bureau and an award-winning “60 Minutes” producer for over 25 years. An established journalist and recipient of four Emmy awards and the prestigious Geroge Foster Peabody Award.
Description
wood, pigments, rest. (both figures)
Four such wooden planks formed the boundary of stage-like platforms, which were erected on up to one-metre high posts. Each of the planks was figurally carved or decorated with mask heads. These “stages” were used to perform ritual dances, especially by the “matambu” men’s society. The initiates dancing on the platform were thus highlighted and separated from the other participants of the ceremonies.
A field photograph of such a dance floor is published in Grootaers, Forms of Wonderment, Vol. 2, Berg en Dal 2002, p. 549.