Figure masculine debout "lü mä" ·  Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3044937

Description

wood, red, white pigment, metal, base

In the 1930s the ethnologist Donner was told about the “long ago” practice of a ritual, held sporadically at the time of a new moon. There would be great feasting, dancing, and music, and people would travel from nearby villages to participate in the festival. The festivities seemed to center around a ritual of annointing the figures with palm oil and decorating them about the eyes with kaolin. Apparently both practices were ways of showing respect and honouring the figures, but the precise meaning of the festival and the significance of the figures has been lost.

In any case, all objects portraying a human face were treated with special caution and care, for every representation of the human face meant contact with spirits and magical powers.

L’objet Figure masculine debout “lü mä” avec l’ID d’objet 3044937 a fait partie de l’enchère 90.I Tribal Art ainsi que 90.II Contemporary Native American Art en 17 novembre 2018 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 141.

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