Julien Gauthier

南部及中部非洲的面具与符号

这面Pwevo面具，相当于Tshokwe部族的Pwo面具，代表一位女性祖先。发型由长而细的植物纤维编辫，前部染成蓝色，中央分缝，符合当时的时尚，是1930年代的创新。面部比Tshokwe更具深度，涂成红色，在与头发连接处，点缀着两条彩色玻璃珠带，增添轻佻意味；在其下方及全长处有呈垂直缺口的疤痕刺记；整个额头与鼻梁上有中线；在眼眶中，上部涂黑，眼球呈球形，水平裂开；口部为简略的、小而细长，略微张开，不露齿，在口部下方、圆形下颌之间有两道竖向纹身；脸颊上的圆形和双弓形纹身在卢埃纳女性中很常见且具有辨识度；耳朵也为简略形状，半圆形，中央有线状纹身。面具有一圈由 braided fibres 编成的网状领圈，遮住佩戴者的面部，同时仍能让他们看见。 In Angola, the dance is sober and elegant, but in Zambia, the dancer moves along a rope stretched between two posts about ten metres above the ground.

Provenance: Berthe Hartert collection
Argiles Collection, Barcelona

This Pwevo mask, equivalent to the Pwo mask of the Tshokwe, represents a female ancestor. The
hairstyle, consisting of long, fine braids of plant fibres dyed blue at the front and parted down the middle in accordance with the fashion of the time, is an innovation of the 1930s. The face, with greater depth than among the Tshokwe, is painted red and, at the junction with the hair, has a double strip of coloured glass beads as a coquettish touch; below and along its entire length are scarifications in the form of vertical notches; it has a medial line along the entire length of the forehead and nose; in the eye sockets, the upper part of which is painted black, it has globular eyes slit horizontally; the mouth, schematic, small and elongated, is slightly open, without showing the teeth, with two vertical tattoos below, between the mouth and the rounded chin; the circular and double-arched tattoos on the cheeks are common and distinctive among Luena women; the ears are also schematic, semicircular in shape, with linear tattoos in
their centre. The mask has a collar made of braided fibres in a mesh pattern, which conceals the wearer's face
while allowing them to see. In Angola, the dance is sober and elegant, but in Zambia, the dancer moves along a rope stretched between two posts about ten metres above the ground.

Provenance: Berthe Hartert collection
Argiles Collection, Barcelona


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