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288 - Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
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Côte d'Ivoire, Baule Anthropomorphe Gesichtsmaske "kpan" schweres Holz, Pigmente "Kpan"- Masken sind Teil der "goli"-Maskerade, einer Feier, die einen ganzen Tag lang dauert und an der das ganze Dorf teilnimmt. Das Fest wird zur Unterhaltung und bei Begräbnisfeiern bedeutender Männer ausgerichtet. Dabei werden in genau festgelegter Reihenfolge vier Maskenpaare gezeigt: scheibenförmige "kple kple"- Masken, Helmmasken in Tierform "goli glen", Masken mit Widderhörnern "kpan pre" und schließlich zwei Masken mit porträthaften Gesichtern und aufwändigen Frisuren "kpan", die die ideale Frau verkörpern. "Kpan" ("die ältere Frau") gilt als Ehefrau von "goli glin" ("der ältere Mann"). Mass: H: 35 cm Provenance: German Private Collection, Frankfurt am Main (1982) Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 8 May 1982, lot 46 Alexander Kubetz, Munich, Germany Published In: Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, p. 111, ill. 144; Passauer Kreis e. V. (Hg.), Mangana, Passau 1994, p. 55 AHDRC: 0061004
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