Masque hyène "suruku" de la société du "korè" · Mali, Bamana · ID: 3045709
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Provenance
Maître Blanchet et associés, Paris-Drouot, 21 September 2004, Lot 237Collection Musée de Saint-Cyprien, Pyrénées-Orientales, France (2017)
Description
wood, sheet metal, nails, blackish mass, remains of hide, base
The initiates of the “korè” are divided into different groups, each of which receives a certain animal as a totem. These are represented by appropriate masks. Aside of the hyaena mask “suruku”, lion masks “jaraw” and monkey masks “sulaw” appear.
Littérature comparée
Colleyn, Jean Paul (Hg.), Bamana, Zürich 2001, p. 119, cat. 104
Publications
AHDRC: 0148349