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94 - Tansania, Makonde
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Tansania, Makonde Weibliche Maske mit Lippenpflock Holz, Pigmente, Metallblech, harzartige Masse, Schnur Sockel Nach Weule (1908) stellen Masken der Makonde Geister ("midimu") dar. Vorliegende Maske ist durch den Lippenpflock "pelele" als weiblicher Typus ausgewiesen. Die Masken traten generell in der Schlußphase der Initiationsfeierlichkeiten auf, wenn die frisch initiierten Knaben und Mädchen aus den Buschlagern in ihre Dörfer zurückkehrten. Die Maskentänze erfüllten sowohl kultisch-rituelle, als auch erzieherische Aufgaben. Mass: H: 23,5 cm Provenance: Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, Germany, 6 December 1986, lot 448 Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany Lit.: Weule, Karl, Wissenschaftliche Ergebisse meiner ethnographischen Forschungsreise in den Südosten Deutsch-Ostafrikas, Berlin 1908, p. 112
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