Somptueux masque facial avec coiffure élaborée "zakpai" ou "gunyege" · Côte d'Ivoire, Dan · ID: 3048752
Alfons Bermel, Obersteinbach, France
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany (2011)
Description
wood, plant fibre, base
The “zakpai” type of mask is also called “fire prevention mask”. It mainly appears during the dry season and its function is to ensure that women extinguish cooking fires after use to prevent afternoon winds spreading fire through the village and bushes. It is worn by the fastest runner in the village supposed to warn the inhabitants and to call for help in case of fire.
The “gunyege” mask type is also called “runners mask”. These masks used to be worn when young men trained for martial combat. Nowadays, they are worn during the dry season in the weekly races of young men. The winner gains the privilege of wearing the mask in the following race and defending his title.
Both mask types are predominantly found in the arid northern Dan region.
L’objet Somptueux masque facial avec coiffure élaborée “zakpai” ou “gunyege” avec l’ID d’objet 3048752 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 98e vente aux enchères dans 26 mars 2022. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 41 a atteint un prix de vente de 2 500 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 1 500 €.
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Littérature comparée
Fischer, Eberhard & Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich 1984, ill. 50 & ill. 56