Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Tie he Anthropomorophic Mask from Côte d'Ivoire
Image View:
Overall three-quarter view from right side
Creator:
unknown (Ivorian sculptor)
Location:
repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 71.1938.18.155
Location Note:
From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
Date:
before 1938 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Ivorian
Style Period:
Wee
Work Type 1:
ceremonial mask
Work Type 2:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
pigment; wood
Technique:
carving (processes); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
32 cm (height) x 17 cm (width) x 21 cm (depth)
Subjects:
abstraction; decorative arts; Masks; ceremony; ritual
Description:
The Wee or Krahn are a Kru-speaking ethnic group of Liberia and Ivory Coast. The Wee particularly identify with spirits associated with water known as 'tien','nitien' or 'Dwin'. This mask is worn by a man, but it belongs to women. The man wearing the mask goes out during the dry season, followed by the women of the village, who give him bracelets. Two women then follow him to give him water to drink and receive bracelets back. (Source: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac [website]; http://www.quaibranl y.fr/en/)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier:
7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-TH A-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Tie he Anthropomorophic Mask from Côte d'Ivoire