Burkina Faso: Tribal used & Large African Mossi mask.
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Burkina Faso: Tribal used & Large African Mossi mask.:
$190.00
Burkina Faso: Extremly Rare Tribal used Large African Mossi Yatenga maskHand carved from hard wood, with color pigments, carved decoration.Height:78 cm. ed African mask from Igbo, Nigeria.
Hand carved from a single piece of wood, with color pigments.
Height: 64 cm.
Living mainly in the forested areas of south-west Nigeria, on both sides of the Niger River the Igbo number some ten million individuals. Mainly farmers and merchants, they also hunt and fish. They are subdivided into thirty-three subgroups and are spread out among about two hundred villages scattered through the thick forest or semifertile marshland. Only on the northern and western edges of the area, under influence from Igala and Benin, are hereditary rulers found. The heads of families form the council of elders, which shares its power with numerous secret societies. These societies exercise great political and social influence. They are highly hierarchical, their members passing from one level to the next. There is strong social pressure toward individual distinction, and men can move upward through successive grades by demonstrating their achievements and their generosity.
The lack of overall centralization among the Igbo-speaking peoples has been conducive to the development of a great variety of art styles and cultural practices. The earliest sculpture known from Igboland is from the village of Ibo Ukwu, where the grave of a man of distinction and a ritual store, dating from the 9th century AD, contained both chased copper objects and elaborate castings of leaded bronze. Ibo sculpture is subject to rather strict rules: the figures are generally frontal, symmetrical, and upright, with legs slightly spread, arms held away from the body, and hands stretched forward, palms open. Proportions are true to
Burkina Faso: Tribal used & Large African Mossi mask.:
$190.00