Senufo Kpeliye mask
€240.00
In the Senufo culture of Ivory Coast, the traditional Kpeliye mask embodies spiritual beauty more than a human face.
Sculpted with elongated elegance, adorned with delicate horns, and sometimes surmounted by a guardian bird, it appears during the ceremonies of the Poro, an initiatory society that structures the transmission of knowledge.
In dance, the mask celebrates the feminine ideal, but also the mediation between the living and the ancestors.
Shipping fees
02589
Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Mid XXth century
- Size
- 36 cm (51 cm with support)
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Jean-Pierre Schmidt Collection
- Stand
- Included
- Condition
- Excellent
In the Senufo culture of Ivory Coast, the traditional Kpeliye mask embodies spiritual beauty more than a human face.
Sculpted with elongated elegance, adorned with delicate horns, and sometimes surmounted by a guardian bird, it appears during the ceremonies of the Poro, an initiatory society that structures the transmission of knowledge.
In dance, the mask celebrates the feminine ideal, but also the mediation between the living and the ancestors.