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Female Face Mask (Ndoma)

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Description: Female Face Mask (Ndoma)
TitleFemale Face Mask (Ndoma)
Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1800–1925
Creation date (description)19th to early 20th century
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood, pigment, and copper
LocationKronos Collections
SubjectsBaule (African people)Masks, BauleCeremonial objects
StatusCôte d'Ivoire; alternative identification: Mblo Portrait Mask of a Man
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6. Functions of Beauty
Constantine Petridis (Editor)
Description: The Language of Beauty in African Art
The Language of Beauty in African Art
In many parts of Africa, people create beauty that serves a purpose in the interactions between the material world of humans and the immaterial world of spirits...
Author
Constantine Petridis (Editor)
PublisherArt Institute of Chicago
Copyright© 2022 by The Art Institute of Chicago
Related print edition pages: pp.202-243
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00326.11
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22986&redirecttoanchor=74366
Chapter subject tags:Masks, AfricanArt, African--20th centuryAesthetics, AfricanFeminine beauty (Aesthetics)--AfricaHairstyles--AfricaBaule (African peoples)Dan (African people)Hemba (African people)Luba (African people)Sculpture, AfricanMasks, BauleSculpture, BauleYoruba (African people)Ngbandi (African people)Lulua (African people)
5. Art that is Watched: Performances
Susan Mullin Vogel
Description: Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
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...
Author
Susan Mullin Vogel
PublisherYale University Art Gallery
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 1997 Yale University Art Gallery
Related print edition pages: pp.134-187
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00287.8
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22151&redirecttoanchor=74366
Chapter subject tags:Baule (African peoples)Rites and ceremoniesDance--AfricaMusic--Africa, WestMasks, Baule

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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8086627
Accession numberA326619
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Description: Raptor talon effigy
Raptor talon effigy
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Aug 31
Creator nationality/cultureMississippian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1250–1350
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsStone
DimensionsLength 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)
LocationGilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/611562
Accession number6125.1562
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Description: Ceremonial earspools and earspool attachments
Ceremonial earspools and earspool attachments
Posted by:John Carlson
Feb 15
Creator nationality/cultureColima
Creator roleJeweler
Object typeJewelry
MaterialsSpondylus shell
LocationCollection of Anthony Patano, Oak Lawn, Illinois
Ceremonial earspools and earspool...
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Pipe
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 600–900
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsStone
DimensionsLength 15 1/4 in. (38.7 cm)
LocationNational Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Accession number18/2785
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Description: Kneeling human-feline effigy figure
Kneeling human-feline effigy figure
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1400–1500
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsWood
DimensionsHeight 5 7/8 in. (15 cm)
LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8061963
Accession numberA240915
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Description: Ovoid pipe with broad rim
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1200
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsGreenstone
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Description: Raptor talon effigy
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleSculptor
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Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsStone
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/cultureSan Augustín
Creator roleSculptor
Creation dateAD 400–800
Object typeSculpture
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Dimensions26 x 13 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (66 x 34 x 12 cm)
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Description: Spatulate baton
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1200–1300
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsGreenstone
DimensionsLength 23 5/8 in. (60 cm)
LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Accession numberA170832
Spatulate baton
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Description: Ceremonial celt
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1100–1500
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MaterialsStone
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LocationTommy Bryden Collection, Springfield, Illinois
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Description: Akwete cloth
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Posted by:John Carlson
Jun 19
Creator nationality/cultureNigerian
Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator
Creation date1988
Object typeTextile
MaterialsCotton, rayon
Dimensions72 1/2 × 48 in. (184 × 122 cm) without fringe
LocationBaltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
https://collection.artbma.org/objects/22881/akwete-cloth
Accession number1988.40
Akwete cloth
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Description: Ceremonial celt
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1100–1500
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsStone
DimensionsLength 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
LocationTommy Bryden Collection, Springfield, Illinois
Ceremonial celt
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Description: Polished spud stone
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Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1200–1400
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsGraystone
DimensionsHeight 8 in. (20.3 cm)
LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8008503
Accession numberA116035
Polished spud stone
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Description: Portrait of a girl before entering seclusion
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nationality/cultureAfrican
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Dimensions13.5 × 20.1 cm
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Description: Nkondi (Power Figure)
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 30
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1900–2000
Object typeSculpture
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Dimensions20 1/8 × 10 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (51.1 × 26.4 × 26.7 cm)
LocationMenil Collection, Houston
https://www.menil.org/collection/objects/5884-power-figure-nkisi-n-kondi
Accession numberX 902
Nkondi (Power Figure)
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Description: Polished spud stone
Polished spud stone
Posted by:John Carlson
Aug 31
Creator roleArtist
Creation date1200–1400
Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object
MaterialsGreenstone
DimensionsHeight 8 in. (20.3 cm)
LocationNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/anth/?irn=8036144
Accession numberA173545
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Description: Helmet Mask (Bo nun Amuin)
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Creator nationality/cultureBaule
Creator roleSculptor
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsWood and pigment
LocationThe Africa Center, New York
Accession numberX2005.6
Helmet Mask (Bo nun Amuin)
1800–1925
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator roleSculptor
Creation date1870–1930
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsCopper alloy
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LocationBaltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
https://collection.artbma.org/objects/20271/fan-for-the-goddess-oshun
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Creator roleSculptor
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https://www.kimbellart.org/collection/ap-197805
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Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 30
Creator nationality/cultureMangbetu
Creator roleArtist
Creation datec. 1800–1900
Object typeTool/Implement
Materialsmetal, wood
Dimensionsoverall: 8 11/16 × 2 1/16 × 2 3/16 in. (22 × 5.3 × 55.5 cm)
LocationPeabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
https://pmem.unix.fas.harvard.edu:8443/peabody/view/objects/asitem/search$0040/6/title-desc?t:state:flow=64015c39-502e-4058-90ab-ac7322102d73
Accession numberPM# 17-41-50/B1565
Metal knife with carved wooden head...
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