Rare coiffe de tête en forme de planche "kworo" ou "kwonro" · Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Complexe Senoufo, Nafana · ID: 3051686
Vendu
2 900 €
Provenance
German Private Collection, MunichDescription
wood, pigments, wickerwork, collection label “M 055”
This headdress was worn during the “kworo” / “kwonro” phase in the initiation rite of the “poro” society among the Nafana (Nafara), in the centre of the Senufo.
In his publication on Senufo art, Förster reported that already by 1988 these dance crests were no longer being made and used for ritual purposes in their original form.
Littérature comparée
Förster, Till, Die Kunst der Senufo aus Schweizer Sammlungen, Zürich 1988, p. 17