Zemanek-Münster
Masque casque zoomorphe "vaa-bong", Nigéria, nord-est, Vallée de la Bénoué, Mumuye, Taille: H: 46 cm, ID: 3046760
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Lot 188
95e Vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Masque casque zoomorphe "vaa-bong" ·  Nigéria, nord-est, Vallée de la Bénoué, Mumuye · ID: 3046760

Vendu 1 200 €
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 17 September 2011, Lot 320
German Private Collection

Description

wood, pigments, base

These helmet masks are documented by photographs taken by Arnold Rubin in the late 1960s and early 1970s in Zinna, Pantisawa and other Mumuye towns south of the Benue River

In his fieldnotes, he links “vaa-bong” performances to agricultural cycles as well as initiation and other male-oriented events including funerary ceremonies, armed conflict and beer making.

Littérature comparée

Berns, Marla C. et. al., Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 354 ff.

Publications

AHDRC: 0158332

Afrique
Masques

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