Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Bété-Guro Female Figure from Côte d'Ivoire
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Bété-Guro Female Figure from Côte d'Ivoire
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Image View:
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Overall view from front
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Creator:
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unknown (Ivorian)
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Location:
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exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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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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ca. 19th-20th centuries (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Ivorian
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Style Period:
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Bété
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Work Type 1:
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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
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Subjects:
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human figure
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Description:
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The Bete (a Kru-speaking people) have carved elegant statues, stylistically influenced by their neighbors the Guro. Bete statues were usually carved as standing figures displaying set-apart legs, an elongated torso with square shoulders, an elongated columnar neck supporting an oblong head with a pointed chin, an incised mouth and a high-domed, smooth forehead under a helmet-like coiffure. Bete figures exhibit hand positions, which are difficult to interpret. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-MIN-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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