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African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205
African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205

African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde late 20th century-4205

$ 58.08

Availability: 12 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Burkina Faso
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde, late 20th century
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Culture: African
  • Provenance: Ownership History Not Available
  • Time Period Manufactured: 1600-1900

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    African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde, late 20th century-35.6/16.5 CM
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    African mask large African mask Plank Mask, Yacouba Bonde, late 20th century-35.6/16.5 CM
    The Bwa – an ethnic group of about 300,000 people who live in small villages and towns in the West African countries of Burkina Faso and Mali – mark rites of passage such as initiations and funerals with masquerades. These masked performances, which take place primarily during the dry season, enable the Bwa to connect with ancestors and other invisible forces that govern the natural world. While some Bwa have adopted Christianity or Islam, most remain animists, a belief system in which nonhuman entities like animals, plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena possess a spiritual essence.
    SIZE OF THE MASK
    35.6/16.5 CM
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    SOLD without THE STAND
    Material
    An original patina covers the item
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    Purchase 3 items and receive one stand worth $ 40 as a gift
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    For the masquerade, Bwa artists make large masks from leaves or wood, which they then intricately carve and decorate with red, white, and black paint, feathers, and fibers. Some of the masks represent recognizable animals such as monkeys, hawks, buffalos, or snakes; while artists decorate others, like this nwantantay, or tall plank mask, with symbolic abstract imagery (crescent moon = women) or geometric patterns (X = crossroads, checkerboard = opposites). Performers attach the masks to black or red fiber costumes, and bite down on rope passing through holes in the mask to secure it to the face while dancing. Yacouba Bonde is not only a sculptor, but he is also an elder, regional chief, and artistic director of the Bwa village of Boni. In the latter role, he works with villagers to choreograph initiation masquerades – wherein the masks work together with music and dance – to transition Bwa youth into full-fledged and contributing members of society.
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