Masque buffle "dugn'be"

Guinée-Bissau, Bidjogo

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 4. September 2004, lot 753	L: 21 cm; B: 57 cm	Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

wood, polychrome paint, bull horns, glass, animal hair, cloth, minor missing parts, base

"Dugn'be" embodies a cattle raised within the village and is worn by young men called "cabaro" before their initiation.

Aside there are three more types of buffalo masks: "gn'opara" - a cow raised in the bush, "essenie" - the wild bull and "iare" - a zebu bull.

Eisenhofer, Stefan & Iris Hahner-Herzog et. al., Mein Afrika - Die Sammlung Fritz Koenig, München, London, New York 2000, p. 142

Sauvegarder