Kpeliye mask - Senufo - SOLD OUT
The famous Kpeliye mask in African art Senoufo
The Kpeliye tribal mask was worn at the funeral of members of the Poro Association, which is a political and economic control system that trains young people through initiation rites and makes them integrated into the life of the village.
The traditional Poro society teaches initiates to recognize the proper signs of their cultural identity. In this piece we find the duality of Senufo thought, that of the ambiguity of the human being, man and woman, twins, body and spirit, life and death.
These stretched faces have traditional lateral appendages.
The Senufo consist of more than thirty entities with many local varieties of language and culture. Their geographical location is determined by population movements at the rate of history.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Mid XXth century
- Size
- 31 x 15 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Tribal art collection France
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The famous Kpeliye mask in African art Senoufo
The Kpeliye tribal mask was worn at the funeral of members of the Poro Association, which is a political and economic control system that trains young people through initiation rites and makes them integrated into the life of the village.
The traditional Poro society teaches initiates to recognize the proper signs of their cultural identity. In this piece we find the duality of Senufo thought, that of the ambiguity of the human being, man and woman, twins, body and spirit, life and death.
These stretched faces have traditional lateral appendages.
The Senufo consist of more than thirty entities with many local varieties of language and culture. Their geographical location is determined by population movements at the rate of history.