Zoomorphic mask "kobiay" · Burkina Faso, Bobo · ID: 3036862
Description
wood, matt, slightly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, dominated by a rectangular, teeth-revealing mouth and high forehead crest, flanked by small ears/horns, small chin plug, pierced around the rim, min. dam., fine cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
these masks represent the spirit “hombo”, a protective spirit of the blacksmiths. Most of the masks depict beings from the bush in an animalic or fantastic shape, invisible for humans. The knowledge of the masks and of their geometrical patterns is restricted to the male population. During a two week initiation the boys are introduced to this secret knowledge, which also serves for mediation of social and moral values.
L’objet Zoomorphic mask “kobiay” avec l’ID d’objet 3036862 a fait partie de l’enchère 77th tribal art auction en 28 juin 2014 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 167.
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Littérature comparée
Kamer, Henri, Haute-Volta, Paris 1973, p. 49, ill. 21 Dufour, Alain, Masques du Burkina Faso, Paris 1995, ill. 48 van Ham, Laurent, African art from the Upper Volta, Rotterdam o.J., chapter XI, ill. 135 Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007