Nice African Senufo Kpelie mask (3094 - G)

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Nice African Senufo Kpelie mask
enufo masks are created by specialist artists who live apart from the rest of their village. Senufo masks combine features of animals and humans in a single design.
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Such ‘kpelie’ or ‘kodal masks’ of the Senufo people are among the best-known mask types of Africa. They generally have a small, mask face with an almost pointed, protruding forehead, slit eyes, a narrow, inwardly curving nose and a small, strongly protruding mouth, which is here rectangular with visible teeth. The present ‘kpelie mask’ displays a lip plugin its lower lip, as well as the typical tribal decorative scars on both cheeks. The ‘Kellie masks’ of the Senufo people also feature two horns, side projections along both cheeks down to the pointed chin below, as well as a projection upwards (in different forms), on the top of the head of the mask. Here it is a finely carved female head, with a typical Senufo hairstyle with a front braid. The two lowest projections, next to the chin, are commonly called ‘legs’. Yet they do not represent human legs, but rather parts of the important sacrificial animals of the Senufo people (castrated ram or chicken). ’Kellie masks’ belong to the Poro men’s association of the Senufo people. Young men dance with them in full-body costumes at burial rituals and other important ceremonies. The present ‘Kellie mask’ (also known as ‘kodal mask’) is a good example of this mask type: carved from light-coloured, hardwood and originally dyed blackish-brown. With a little, old damage due to use on the right side of the mask: the right horn formerly broken and restored (glued), one cheek projection and the right leg was broken (old breaks). Six fastening eyelets on the rim of the mask at the back, broken through protracted use. Otherwise with a good shiny patina on the front and back.
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Mask height - 34 cm
Mask width - 18 cm
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