PAIR OF BAULE MASKS Dimbokro region, Ivory Coast 30 and 32 cm. high Provenienz Galerie Gerbrand Luttik, Soest Galerie Simonis, Dusseldorf Hessberg collection, Essen Four pairs of masks appear at the Baule "goli" spectacle. The "goli" dance is performed as entertainment and also for sacred functions such as the funeral of an important man. The masks appear two by two in a fixed order; first a pair of disk-faced masks," kple kple", next a pair of animal helmet masks, "goli glen", thirdly a pair of horned face masks," kpan pre", and finally two human-faced masks with crested hairdos, kpan. Our "kpan" masks show the carvers skilful play of repetition and variety as in the similarities of the faces and the differences in the coiffures.
PAIR OF BAULE MASKS Dimbokro region, Ivory Coast 30 and 32 cm. high Provenienz Galerie Gerbrand Luttik, Soest Galerie Simonis, Dusseldorf Hessberg collection, Essen Four pairs of masks appear at the Baule "goli" spectacle. The "goli" dance is performed as entertainment and also for sacred functions such as the funeral of an important man. The masks appear two by two in a fixed order; first a pair of disk-faced masks," kple kple", next a pair of animal helmet masks, "goli glen", thirdly a pair of horned face masks," kpan pre", and finally two human-faced masks with crested hairdos, kpan. Our "kpan" masks show the carvers skilful play of repetition and variety as in the similarities of the faces and the differences in the coiffures.
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