一个木制面具 - Bété. - 象牙海岸 (没有保留价)





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名为“A wooden mask”的木质面具,产自科特迪瓦,贝特族文化,重1.2 kg,高28 cm,状况一般,附带支架
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A Bété mask from Côte d’Ivoire, particularly from regions such as Sahiwa, belongs to a dynamic ritual and performative tradition in which masks function as active agents within social, political, and spiritual contexts rather than as static artworks. These masks are typically carved from wood and often painted with vivid pigments, which may include red, white, black, and other contrasting colors. The visual impact is intentionally strong, as the mask must be legible during energetic dance performances. Incl stand.
Within Bété cultural practice, masks are associated with male societies and communal events that may involve entertainment, moral regulation, conflict mediation, or communication with ancestral and spirit forces. The mask is animated by a performer who embodies a spirit entity during ritual appearances. The power of the mask is not inherent in the object alone but is activated through performance, music, and communal recognition.
What is sometimes described in museum or collector terminology as “traces of sacrifices” should be understood more precisely as accumulations of ritual substances and performative residues. These may include palm wine libations, kaolin or chalk applications, animal-derived materials such as blood from chicken or goats, as well as layers of earth, soot, and organic matter accumulated during repeated use. These substances are not necessarily applied once after a ceremony but are part of an ongoing cycle of activation, maintenance, and renewal. Over time, they form complex surface stratifications that reflect the biography of the object.
Masks may be used repeatedly over many years or even generations. Between performances, they are typically stored in controlled or sacred environments and periodically reactivated through offerings before being used again in dance. In some cases, when a mask is considered no longer spiritually potent or socially relevant, it may be retired, left to decay, or replaced by a new carving. The life cycle of the mask is therefore continuous and situational rather than fixed.
From an art-historical perspective, the presence of encrusted surfaces and layered pigment residues can indicate extended ritual use, but they must be interpreted cautiously. Such features alone do not provide secure evidence of age or authenticity, as similar effects can be mimicked or artificially accelerated in the art market.
References
Frobenius, Leo. Atlantis: Volksmärchen und Volksdichtungen Afrikas. Jena, various editions.
Willett, Frank. Ife in the History of West African Sculpture. London, 1967.
Blier, Suzanne Preston. Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba: Ife History, Power, and Identity c. 1300. Cambridge, 2015.
Drewal, Henry John; Pemberton, John III; Abiodun, Rowland. Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought. New York, 1989.
Imperato, Pascal James. African Art in Context: The Bété and Kru Mask Traditions. (various academic articles)
LaGamma, Alisa (ed.). Art and Oracle: African Art and Ritual Power. Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications.
This information is created by AI and based on published ethnographic, archaeological, and art-historical sources.
卖家故事
A Bété mask from Côte d’Ivoire, particularly from regions such as Sahiwa, belongs to a dynamic ritual and performative tradition in which masks function as active agents within social, political, and spiritual contexts rather than as static artworks. These masks are typically carved from wood and often painted with vivid pigments, which may include red, white, black, and other contrasting colors. The visual impact is intentionally strong, as the mask must be legible during energetic dance performances. Incl stand.
Within Bété cultural practice, masks are associated with male societies and communal events that may involve entertainment, moral regulation, conflict mediation, or communication with ancestral and spirit forces. The mask is animated by a performer who embodies a spirit entity during ritual appearances. The power of the mask is not inherent in the object alone but is activated through performance, music, and communal recognition.
What is sometimes described in museum or collector terminology as “traces of sacrifices” should be understood more precisely as accumulations of ritual substances and performative residues. These may include palm wine libations, kaolin or chalk applications, animal-derived materials such as blood from chicken or goats, as well as layers of earth, soot, and organic matter accumulated during repeated use. These substances are not necessarily applied once after a ceremony but are part of an ongoing cycle of activation, maintenance, and renewal. Over time, they form complex surface stratifications that reflect the biography of the object.
Masks may be used repeatedly over many years or even generations. Between performances, they are typically stored in controlled or sacred environments and periodically reactivated through offerings before being used again in dance. In some cases, when a mask is considered no longer spiritually potent or socially relevant, it may be retired, left to decay, or replaced by a new carving. The life cycle of the mask is therefore continuous and situational rather than fixed.
From an art-historical perspective, the presence of encrusted surfaces and layered pigment residues can indicate extended ritual use, but they must be interpreted cautiously. Such features alone do not provide secure evidence of age or authenticity, as similar effects can be mimicked or artificially accelerated in the art market.
References
Frobenius, Leo. Atlantis: Volksmärchen und Volksdichtungen Afrikas. Jena, various editions.
Willett, Frank. Ife in the History of West African Sculpture. London, 1967.
Blier, Suzanne Preston. Art and Risk in Ancient Yoruba: Ife History, Power, and Identity c. 1300. Cambridge, 2015.
Drewal, Henry John; Pemberton, John III; Abiodun, Rowland. Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought. New York, 1989.
Imperato, Pascal James. African Art in Context: The Bété and Kru Mask Traditions. (various academic articles)
LaGamma, Alisa (ed.). Art and Oracle: African Art and Ritual Power. Metropolitan Museum of Art Publications.
This information is created by AI and based on published ethnographic, archaeological, and art-historical sources.
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