À propos du lot
n° 8
Titre : Dan
Medium : Wood with shiny black coatingDimensions : H 57 cmProvenance : - George F. Keller antique collection (Bern) (Inv. G.F.K. 36), - Former Paolo Morigi collection (Lugano), - Former private collection (Lugano),Literature : Reproduced in: - MORIGI PAOLO “Raccolta di un amatore d’arte primitiva”, Magliaso, Lugano & Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland 1980, fig. 120, page 117, - VENTURI LUCA M. “Anime antiche, arte negra, da una raccolta di sculture dell’Africa occidentale” BSI Bank, Lugano 2002, fig. 15,> - FISCHER EBERHARD & HIMMELHEBER HANS “Die Kunst der Dan” Rietberg Museum Zurich 1976, pages 156 - 168, - FALGAYRETTES CHRISTIANE “Cuillers Sculptures”, Dapper Foundation, Paris 1991, pages 72 - 88,Notes : The Dan, Baulé, Guro, Senufo, Koulango, etc. groups, who live in the sub-tropical savanna in the Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea, developed an economy of subsistence based on the harvesting of grains and rice. Their sculptors created unique spoons with original shapes. Some of them are true works of art just for the genius way they were made. For such groups, the spoon became an object of worship used during ceremonies throughout the year to bring about the fertility of the fields or to celebrate the harvest. For Dan people, for instance, a group of farmers living in the forest in the north-east of Liberia and the bordering regions of Ivory Coast and Guinea, the spoon was an object that belonged to the old women of the group. They used it during the collective harvesting of rice to throw the first portion obtained over the people present for the event. Farming was seen as a female activity and these large spoons belong to magnanimous and generous women able to feed and welcome to their table a whole area or village. They grow rice and work hard in the fields together with other female companions and, after intensely working the fields, they achieve a large harvest.Such wooden spoons are for women what masks are for men, the manifestation of spirits who allow particular individuals to hold a precise role in their tribal society.Finarte, Salle de vente
, Milano, IT
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Titre de la vente : African Art: the prestigious Keller-Morigi Swiss collection
Date de la vente : 14/10/2020
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