Facocero mask
Baule · Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MFZ-27
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- Height
- 42 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Mask depicting the stylized figure of the head of a facocero or wart boar. It is also known as "Warthog". These masks belong to the secret…
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Full original description
Mask depicting the stylized figure of the head of a facocero or wart boar. It is also known as "Warthog". These masks belong to the secret societies of hunters and participate in the rites of collection and fertilization of the fields as well as in the ceremonies of initiation of the adolescents to transmit to them the strength and value of this animal. Currently they also participate in playful events. The four tubular discs represent the warts of the wild boar. Dark patina except for warts, fangs, and rather whitish ears, though soiled by time.
Further technical information
- Width
- 19 cm
- Attributed period
- Second half of the century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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