Beete Mask: Ram (Bata) Kwele peoples; Gabon or Republic of Congo, 19th–20th century
Large-scale beete ceremonial rites were orchestrated in the face of crises that threatened a Kwele community’s cohesion and well-being. These ceremonies harnessed the power of important ancestral relics from its member families in order to restore a sense of harmonious unity. Over the course of beete’s proceedings, performances of a variety of different masks were…
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- Pays & Régions : Gabon
- Type d'objet : Masque Anthropomorphe
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- Provenance : Private collection Ex coll.: Gustave and Franyo Schindler, New York
- Bibliographie, Expositions : The Metropolitan Museum of Art New-York - Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary October 2, 2007–March 2, 2008 Special Exhibition Galleries, 1st floor
- Caractéristiques : Bois, pigments, kaolin; H.45.7 cm
Bakwélé, Bois, Gabon, Kwélé, Masque à cornes enveloppantes, Masque Anthropomorphe, pigments
