Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Zoomorphic Crest Mask of "Bansonyi" from Guinea
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Zoomorphic Crest Mask of "Bansonyi" from Guinea
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Image View:
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Overall view from right side
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Creator:
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unknown (Baga artist)
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 71.1961.51.1
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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20th century (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Baga; Guinean
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Style Period:
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Baga
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Work Type 1:
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ceremonial mask
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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wood; paint
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Technique:
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carving (processes); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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171 cm (height) x 27.5 (width) x 27.5 cm (depth)
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Subjects:
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abstraction; animal; decorative arts; dance; ceremony; ritual; snakes
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Description:
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The Baga snake, "Bansonyi," normally displayed as an upright static sculpture is in reality a headdress representing the spirit "A-Mantsho-na-Tshol." With the help of a light framework, the towering polychrome decorated serpent is held on the shoulders of a dancer concealed beneath a raffia covering. The Bansonyi is involved in protecting male initiates at circumcision; it is used during droughts as well as appearing at funerals in groups as a male and female pair. (Source: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac [website]; http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A1-PICASSO-FAFFM-BZC-A03
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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