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Description: Sacrifice over the Wara Kunw (Clawed Beasts' heads) in the Kͻmͻ Grove in...

TitleSacrifice over the Wara Kunw (Clawed Beasts' heads) in the Kͻmͻ Grove in Bougouro village, Mali

Creator name (description)Photograph by Philippe Jespers

Creator rolePhotographer

Object typePhotograph

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SubjectsKomo (Secret order)Animal sacrificeRites and ceremonies

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Ugly as a Kɔmɔ Mask: An Aesthetics of Horror among the Bamana

Kassim Kone

The Language of Beauty in African Art

Kɔmɔ is the most important religious institution among the Bamana, Malinke, and many other Mande (or Mandespeaking) cultures; it once affected a wide range of social, cultural, economic, and judicial spheres and remains a powerful force within the community...

Author

Kassim Kone

PublisherArt Institute of Chicago

Related print edition pages: pp.244-249

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00326.12

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-22987&redirecttoanchor=83880

Chapter subject tags:Komo (Secret order)Masks, BambaraArt, African--20th centuryBambara (African people)Bambara (African people)--Rites and ceremoniesMasks, AfricanAesthetics, African

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