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n° 273
Titre : A Karumba Adone Painted Wood Antelope Headdress/Mask
Medium : Paper label affixed to the Lucite stand: Acquired on 7/15/81 from Museum of African Art / Karumba Sculpture (Upper Volta) Dimensions : With stand: 35 H x 6 W x 18 DProvenance : Property of 21st Century Fox / Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., New York, Walt Disney Co., Burbank, California, acquired by corporate merger with the above, Private Collection, Los Angeles, California, acquired from the aboveNotes : This is a ceremonial headdress worn by the Karumba peoples of central Burkina Faso. Early examples of this mask such as this one are painted with geometric designs in natural pigments of white (kaolin), black (river mud or charcoal), and reddish brown (ochre). The headdress represents - according to the original myth - Sawadougou, the civilizing hero, who is said to have descended from the sky wearing a mask. His wife and children, who accompanied him, were endowed with the features of the antelope, the hyena, and the hare. Kurumba masks are used in three major events during the annual cycle: masks escort the body of dead male and female elders to the tomb and supervise the burial on behalf of the spirits of the ancestors of the clan. Weeks or even months later, during the dry season, masks appear at funerals to honor the deceased and to free the spirit to travel to the world of ancestors. Finally, just before the first rains in late May and June, masks appear at collective sacrifices in which the ancestors are honored together with the spirits of the protective antelope, Hippotragus koba, that is the totem of most Kurumba clans.Condition report :
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John Moran Auctioneers, Salle de vente
, Monrovia, US
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Titre de la vente : California Living Featuring the Estate of Oscar & Barbara Leidenfrost
Date de la vente : 11/04/2023
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