Masque facial anthropomorphe "kpan" · Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3046186
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, pigments,
“Kpan” masks are part of the “goli” masquerade, a day-long spectacle that normally involves the whole village. “Goli” can be performed both as an entertainment and for the funerals of important men.
Four pairs of masks appear, two by two, in a fixed order: first a pair of disc-faced masks “kple kple”, next a pair of animal helmet masks “goli glen”, third a pair of horned face masks “kpan pre”, and finally two human-faced masks with crested hairdos “kpan”.
Only a few, important “goli” dances include the final pair, “kpan”, which appears holding fly whisks as symbols of elderhood. The “kpan” dancers only appear at dusk and are hidden behind cloths to increase the tension.
L’objet Masque facial anthropomorphe “kpan” avec l’ID d’objet 3046186 a fait partie de l’enchère Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction en 23 mai 2020 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 126.
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Publications
Didier Claes, "Contact", VIII, Brussels 2018