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Portrait mask of Moya Yanso hidden by cloths, Kami

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Description: Portrait mask of Moya Yanso hidden by cloths, Kami
TitlePortrait mask of Moya Yanso hidden by cloths, Kami
Creator name (description)Photograph by Susan Mullin Vogel
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1972
Object typePhotograph
SubjectsBaule (African people)Masks, Baule
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5. Art that is Watched: Performances
Susan Mullin Vogel
Description: Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
THE VERB MOST OTTEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE OF SEEING ENTERTAINMENT MASKS IS THE COMMON nian, WHICH CAN BE TRANSLATED AS “TO LOOK,” “WATCH,” OR “SEE.” PEOPLE WATCHING...
Author
Susan Mullin Vogel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1997 Yale University Art Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.134-187
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00287.8
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22151&redirecttoanchor=74336
Chapter subject tags:Baule (African peoples)Rites and ceremoniesDance--AfricaMusic--Africa, WestMasks, Baule
3. Masquerade in Sub-Saharan Africa
John Picton
Description: The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art
The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art
Patrick McNaughton was writing about Mande power associations, but his comment speaks well to the effect any encounter with masked performers, whatever their specific role and status, can have on people and communities...
Author
John Picton
PublisherHarvard University Press
Copyright© 2017 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College
Related print edition pages: pp.87-140
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00136.008
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-17834&redirecttoanchor=74336
Chapter subject tags:Masks, AfricanMasqueradesImperialismIdentity (Psychology) in art

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Description: Masquerader in a Gbagba performance in the village of Kami, Côte...
Masquerader in a Gbagba performance in the village of Kami, Côte d’Ivoire
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 01
Creator name (description)Photograph by Susan Mullin Vogel
Creator rolePhotographer
Creation date1972
Object typePhotograph
LocationKami, Côte d’Ivoire
Masquerader in a Gbagba performance in...
Masquerader in a Gbagba performance in the village of Kami, Côte d’Ivoire
Description: Pendant
Pendant
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 27
Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleJeweler
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsGold
LocationGhysels Collection, Belgium
Pendant
1900–2000
Description: Pendant
Pendant
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 27
Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleJeweler
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsGold
LocationGhysels Collection, Belgium
Pendant
1900–2000
Description: Helmet Mask (Bo nun Amuin)
Helmet Mask (Bo nun Amuin)
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood and pigment
LocationThe Africa Center, New York
Accession numberX2005.6
Helmet Mask (Bo nun Amuin)
1800–1925
Description: Hans Himmelheber selecting objects for purchase, Côte d'Ivoire
Hans Himmelheber selecting objects for purchase, Côte d'Ivoire
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Creator name (description)Photograph by Martin Lippmann
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Object typePhotograph
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Description: Trance diviner Bakra in performance with his sculpture for Mbra, Bonikouassikro,...
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Creator name (description)Photograph by Susan Mullin Vogel
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1973
Description: Necklace
Necklace
Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleJeweler
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LocationGhysels Collection, Belgium
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1900–2000
Description: Woman having her hair done, unnamed Baule village, Côte d'Ivoire
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 27
Creator name (description)Photograph by Hans Himmelheber
Creator rolePhotographer
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Description: Woman with her finished coiffure, unnamed Baule village, Côte d'Ivoire
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Creator name (description)Photograph by Hans Himmelheber
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Woman with her finished coiffure,...
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Description: Infant receives daily washing, unnamed Baule village, Côte d'Ivoire
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 27
Creator name (description)Photograph by Hans Himmelheber
Creator rolePhotographer
Object typePhotograph
Infant receives daily washing, unnamed...
1933–1935
Description: Female Face Mask (Kpan)
Female Face Mask (Kpan)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 27
Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood and pigment
LocationMusée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva
Accession number1007-228
Female Face Mask (Kpan)
1800–1925
Description: Twin Face Mask (Mblo)
Twin Face Mask (Mblo)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 27
Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood, pigment, and fiber
LocationPrivate collection, United States
Twin Face Mask (Mblo)
1875–1925
Description: Helmet Mask (Bo nun Amuin)
Helmet Mask (Bo nun Amuin)
Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 27
Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood and pigment
Helmet Mask (Bo nun Amuin)
1800–1925

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