Kouame Ndri, called Nyakan, with a mask he carved. Kami, 1996

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Description: Kouame Ndri, called Nyakan, with a mask he carved, Kami

TitleKouame Ndri, called Nyakan, with a mask he carved, Kami

Creator name (description)Photograph by Susan Mullin Vogel

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1996

Object typePhotograph

SubjectsBaule (African people)Masks, Baule

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5. Art that is Watched: Performances

Susan Mullin Vogel

Baule: African Art, Western Eyes

THE VERB MOST OTTEN USED TO DESCRIBE THE EXPERIENCE OF SEEING ENTERTAINMENT MASKS IS THE COMMON nian, WHICH CAN BE TRANSLATED AS “TO LOOK,” “WATCH,” OR “SEE.” PEOPLE WATCHING...

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Susan Mullin Vogel

PublisherYale University Art Gallery

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.134-187

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00287.8

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22151&redirecttoanchor=74337

Chapter subject tags:Baule (African peoples)Rites and ceremoniesDance--AfricaMusic--Africa, WestMasks, Baule

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