Art d'Afrique, d'Océanie, d'Indonésie et des Amériques

Art d'Afrique, d'Océanie, d'Indonésie et des Amériques

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 80. Masque, Bamana, Mali | Bamana Mask, Mali.

Masque, Bamana, Mali | Bamana Mask, Mali

Lot Closed

December 16, 02:18 PM GTNN

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Masque, Bamana, Mali


haut. 41,5 cm ; 16 1/3 in


Bamana Mask, Mali

Samir Boro, Bruxelles

collects ion privée autrichienne

Tous les sept ans, à la fin de la saison sèche, « tous les membres d’une classe d’âge sont symboliquement ‘tués au koré’ pour ressusciter en tant qu’adultes » (Colleyn, Bamana, 2009, p. 28). Tout autant que la signification dont ils sont investis, les masques du koré  s’imposent par la force qu’ils génèrent.


A la force symbolique répond l’intelligence des formes. Chacune, résumée à son épure géométrique, se répond et se renforce dans la parfaite articulation des volumes rigoureusement architecturés. 

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