Large helmet mask "wabele · Côte d'Ivoire, Sénoufo · ID: 3040032
Description
light wood, encrusted greyish brown patina, provided with buffalo horns, crocodile snout and warts of a wart hog, sacrificial traces (feathers, egg shells) and traces of libation, dam., encrusted surface, marked by old age, weathering and insect caused damage, rep. (projection on the head, lower jaw);
this mask type should evoke terror, which was achieved by mixing parts of the anatomy of various species. It belongs to the mask type “wabele”, which is always dangerous because of their ability to “strike”. This “striking” can be beneficial when “wabele” belongs to the “poro”, or damaging, in the case of “wabele” belonging to the mostly anonymous secret societies that use them as instruments of sorcery.
L’objet Large helmet mask “wabele avec l’ID d’objet 3040032 a fait partie de l’enchère 82nd Tribal Art Auction en 27 février 2016 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 352.
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Littérature comparée
Barbier, Jean Paul (ed.), Art of Côte d' Ivoire, Vol II, Genève 1993, p. 19 f.