一个木制面具 - Yoruba - 尼日利亚 (没有保留价)





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木制面具,尼日利亚 Ogun 州产,约鲁巴文化,原装/官方,重量 2.3 公斤,高度 31 cm,附带底座,品相一般。
卖家的描述
Yoruba Helmet Mask
Ogun State, Nigeria
Wood, kaolin, and dark pigments
Incl stand
The compact helmet mask is designed as a monumentalized human head. A light-colored face emerges from the dark-painted, densely grooved skullcap, its effect defined by the wide-open, almond-shaped eyes. An extraordinary network of openwork, geometrically interlocking struts covers the forehead and cheeks like a three-dimensional web. The square openings lend transparency to the massive form and create a captivating interplay of light and shadow. The narrow mouth and the subtly modeled nose contrast with the graphic rigor of the decoration. The light-colored, presumably kaolin-based, paintwork clearly distinguishes the face from the dark crown.
The mask belongs to the broad context of Yoruba mask traditions in southwestern Nigeria, whose important centers include present-day Ogun State with Abeokuta and the adjacent Egba and Egbado/Yewa regions. Similar Yoruba helmet masks were worn at Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ and Egúngún festivals; both traditions combine sculpture, textiles, dance, music, and ritual into an ephemeral whole.
Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́, in particular, serves to honor spiritually powerful women, the àwọn ìyá wa ("our mothers"), whose powers are significant for fertility, social order, and well-being. Without documented collection context, a definitive attribution of the present piece to Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ or Egúngún should remain open.
Literature (selection):
Drewal, H. J.; Pemberton III, J.; Abiodun, R.: Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought, New York 1989.
Drewal, Henry J.: African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, Atlanta 1980.
Fagg, William; Pemberton III, John: Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa, New York 1982.
Some of the information is generated by artificial intelligence and is based on published sources from the fields of ethnography, archaeology, and art history.
Inv. No. MAZ22846
Informant Wassiu
卖家故事
Yoruba Helmet Mask
Ogun State, Nigeria
Wood, kaolin, and dark pigments
Incl stand
The compact helmet mask is designed as a monumentalized human head. A light-colored face emerges from the dark-painted, densely grooved skullcap, its effect defined by the wide-open, almond-shaped eyes. An extraordinary network of openwork, geometrically interlocking struts covers the forehead and cheeks like a three-dimensional web. The square openings lend transparency to the massive form and create a captivating interplay of light and shadow. The narrow mouth and the subtly modeled nose contrast with the graphic rigor of the decoration. The light-colored, presumably kaolin-based, paintwork clearly distinguishes the face from the dark crown.
The mask belongs to the broad context of Yoruba mask traditions in southwestern Nigeria, whose important centers include present-day Ogun State with Abeokuta and the adjacent Egba and Egbado/Yewa regions. Similar Yoruba helmet masks were worn at Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ and Egúngún festivals; both traditions combine sculpture, textiles, dance, music, and ritual into an ephemeral whole.
Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́, in particular, serves to honor spiritually powerful women, the àwọn ìyá wa ("our mothers"), whose powers are significant for fertility, social order, and well-being. Without documented collection context, a definitive attribution of the present piece to Gẹ̀lẹ̀dẹ́ or Egúngún should remain open.
Literature (selection):
Drewal, H. J.; Pemberton III, J.; Abiodun, R.: Yoruba: Nine Centuries of African Art and Thought, New York 1989.
Drewal, Henry J.: African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, Atlanta 1980.
Fagg, William; Pemberton III, John: Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa, New York 1982.
Some of the information is generated by artificial intelligence and is based on published sources from the fields of ethnography, archaeology, and art history.
Inv. No. MAZ22846
Informant Wassiu
卖家故事
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