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190 - Bété /Wè mask, Ivory Coast, wood, H.24cmxW.15cm. Charged with imposing peace during internal conflicts, or coming "to mingle with the combatants during battle, throwing arrows or assegais intended less for the real adversaries than for the spirits who have come to support them", these masks imposed their terrifying figure, materializing the hostile forces of the forest. The aesthetics of strength, whose data "bring out the unknown rather than order the known" (Meurant, Ubangi, 2008, p. 141), are matched here by the masterly architecture of the forms and the profusion of metal nail heads that light up the surface. Around the tubular eyes and open mouth (the mask's only figurative elements), a network of bands develops - undulating in the lower half of the face and straight in the upper part - which, forming a second mask on the sculpted face, masterfully illustrates the plastic inventiveness of sculptors from this region.
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600 - 800 €Frais de vente
Bété /Wè mask, Ivory Coast, wood, H.24cmxW.15cm. Charged with imposing peace during internal conflicts, or coming "to mingle with the combatants during battle, throwing arrows or assegais intended less for the real adversaries than for the spirits who have come to support them", these masks imposed their terrifying figure, materializing the hostile forces of the forest. The aesthetics of strength, whose data "bring out the unknown rather than order the known" (Meurant, Ubangi, 2008, p. 141), are matched here by the masterly architecture of the forms and the profusion of metal nail heads that light up the surface. Around the tubular eyes and open mouth (the mask's only figurative elements), a network of bands develops - undulating in the lower half of the face and straight in the upper part - which, forming a second mask on the sculpted face, masterfully illustrates the plastic inventiveness of sculptors from this region.
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Blanchet & Associés +33 1 53 34 14 44 encheres.blanchet@gmail.comLa livraison est optionnelle. Vous pouvez recourir au transporteur de votre choix. Le prix indiqué n’inclut ni le prix du lot, ni les frais de la maison de vente.