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Senufo blacksmith mask Kôriyë'ëA fine old Kpele bronze mask made with the traditional lost wax technique.price: not available anymore Add Senufo Bronze mask to Cart - request of availability Height: 33 cm
In dialectics of gender in Senufo Masquerade, Anita Glaze explains that this type of blacksmith mask is used during the Kôriyë'ë maskerade and shows the aspect of the beautiful that the Senufo call nayiliwe ("youthfill") fresh, vigorous, seductively attractive to the eye. This type of mask is opposed to the dangerous Kunugba'a helmet masquerade of the Senufo senior grade. And that these masks are used in combination with textiles in the red, orange, and bright yellow accents, with energetic music and dance style, to not also show feminity, but simultaneaously express male-associated qualitis of the strong, young Poro initiate. More recent of these masks are cast in Aluminium or brass like on the images
below taken in 1984
As you can see in the above image, this mask is made in bronze using the lost wax technique. When you see more recent masks they usually are made from a cupper plate. Also very nice detail is the Calao bird on the top. mailto:david@african-antiques.com?subject=(BuyAfricanAntiques1.2) Senufo Bronze mask . click on thumbs from the Senufo bronze mask to enlarge price: 1,200 € Add Senufo Bronze mask to Cart - request of availability this fine Bronze blacksmith mask from the Kôriyë'ë masquerade is not available anymore mailto:david@african-antiques.com?subject=(BuyAfricanAntiques1.2) Senufo Bronze mask Height: 33 cm Buy the book instead: Bibliography:
Art and Death in a Senufo Village Anita J. Glaze
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