Masque facial avec yeux tubulaires · Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Guéré (Ngere) · ID: 3048705
Africa Centre, Cadier en Keer, The Netherlands
Ulrich Bohnen, Eschweiler, Germany (1968)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26 November 2005, Lot 129
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
The Africa Centre was originally a Mission House which was established in Cadier en Keer in 1892 by the Society for African Missions (SMA). The missionary fathers focused their work mainly in West Africa and acquired in the course of the first half of the 20th century a large collection of ancestor sculptures, masks, daily use objects, fertility statues and gold weights.
The Africa Centre itself was founded in 1959 with the aim to exhibit the missionaries’ collection of African artefacts and also to raise public interest for West African art and traditions.
Description
wood, black paint, red pigment, metal, cotton, animal fur,
The appearance of male masks of the Wè region varies greatly and does not give any information about their exact function.
Attributes held by the dancer and the colour of the mask can give clues. Black means “dangerous”, “mischievous” and is therefore the colour of the “tegla” - “policeman’s or guardian’s masks”, which held a wealth of social functions in everyday life.
L’objet Masque facial avec yeux tubulaires avec l’ID d’objet 3048705 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 98e vente aux enchères dans 26 mars 2022 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 46 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 000 €.
Vous trouverez d’autres Masques et autres types d’objets populaires sur nos pages thématiques associées. Notre page sur le thème Art africain pourrait également vous intéresser.
Littérature comparée
Homberger, Lorenz, Masken der Wè und Dan, Elfenbeinküste, Zürich 1997, p. 54, ill. 15