Mask of the Kore
Bambara · Mali
Reference: MFAZ-76
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- Height
- 57 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
KoréIt is the spirit of the waters. Its brotherhood pursues two objectives: 1.- Return to the human being its original harmony overshadowed by circumcision. 2.- Allow…
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KoréIt is the spirit of the waters. Its brotherhood pursues two objectives:
1.- Return to the human being its original harmony overshadowed by circumcision.
2.- Allow the human being to recover, on the spiritual plane, his primitive femininity, his mystical union with God and the triumph over death.
Koré activates the moral and intellectual formation of the being. No one can pretend to any other initiation after having participated in the rituals of Koré. The big party of the Koré with the ritual of initiation takes place every two years and the practices and teachings are distributed in two times, every two consecutive years.
Masks with human faces represent “Lighthouse“ Creator and guide of the universe. Bambara They think it is Faro who gives men the conscience, the sense of order and the feelings of responsibility. Faro watches over all human work and the justice of men.
Human face on which there are six horns. Absence of cauris. These masks announce the idea of knowledge and teaching.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
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Mali. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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