Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Tie he Anthropomorophic Mask 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 sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Musée du Quai Branly-Jacques Chirac (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 71.1938.18.155
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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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before 1938 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Ivorian
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Style Period:
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Wee
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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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pigment; wood
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Technique:
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carving (processes); painting and painting techniques
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Measurements:
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32 cm (height) x 17 cm (width) x 21 cm (depth)
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Subjects:
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abstraction; decorative arts; Masks; ceremony; ritual
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Description:
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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.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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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-THA-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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