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KIFWEBE MASK - SONGE CONGO

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DANCE MASK - BWA - BURKINA FASO

10456Bwa - Burkina Faso. Bwa. PLANK MASK - BWA - BURKINA FASO. An exceptional and elegant mask from of Bwa people of Burkina Faso in West Africa. Circa 20th Century. 81 inches tall 10 inches wide about 9 inches deep at the mask lower 12 3/4 inches with the "head-dress" portion about 3/4 inch in thickness the whole carved from a single board. In excellent condition. The mask was presented to its American liaison officer by the Burkina Faso team at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. The thinness and lightness of the piece indicates it was made for and used in dance ceremonies rather than as an export or tourist piece which are often too heavy to be used for dancing. Most of the modern masks of this type which we have seen are more brightly colored less elegantly proportioned and not as skillfully carved as this example. Masks play an important role in the renewal ceremonies of the Bwa. The masks are danced during initiation ceremonies for young men and women and appear at funerals and memorial services. They are also danced during the harvest ceremonies. During the fifteen day initiation ceremony young petitioners are taught the meanings of the symbols on the mask. They learn the importance of becoming a respected Bwa and the dangers of straying from the path of social behavior established by the ancestors. These lessons are symbolically represented on the mask. The double zig-zag line on the plank of the mask represents the path of the ancestors. The crescent shape on the top of the plank represents the moon and the importance of time in the ceremonial year when masks are danced. The checkerboard pattern on the back of the mask represents the value of learning. When young initiates graduate from the ceremony they are given a new white goat hide to sit on during ceremonies. Years later the young initiate becomes an elder and the hide ages to a dark color. The checkerboard pattern emphasizes the reliance between the elders symbolized by the dark areas and the young initiates symbolized by the light areas. Minneapolis Institute of Art. unknown

Edward T. Pollack Fine Arts · États-Unis2 500,00 $US≈ 2 115,25 €

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Memoirs Of Rev. John Blackader; Compiled Chiefly From Unpublished Manuscripts And Memoirs Of His Life And Ministry Written By Himself While Prisoner On The Bass; And Containing Illustrations Of The Episcopal Persecution From The Restoration To The Death Of Charles Ii. With An Appendix Giving A Short Account Of The History And Siege Of The Bass Etc. With A Fore-Edge Painting

1823028758Edinburgh / London: Archibald Constable & Company / Hurst Robinson & Co 1823. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispiece Fore-Edge Painting. Vii 388 Pp. Full Calf Five Bands Black Spine Label Gilt All Compartments Gilt Seal Of George Agar Ellis 2St Baron Dover. Pages With Marbled Edges And A Fore-Edge Painting Of What Was Apparently A Very Large Church In A Low Country Village Or Town With A Man Looking On In Foreground Almost Certainly Rev. Blackader Looking At His Parish. George James Welbore Agar-Ellis 1St Baron Dover Pc Frs Fsa 1797 - 1833 Was A British Politician And Man Of Letters. Agar-Ellis Was The Only Son Of Henry Agar-Ellis 2Nd Viscount Clifden And Lady Caroline Daughter Of George Spencer 4Th Duke Of Marlborough. He Was Educated At Westminster School And Christ Church Oxford. He Was Elected A Fellow Of Both The Society Of Antiquaries And Royal Society In 1816. Agar-Ellis Was Returned To Parliament For Heytesbury In 1818 A Seat He Held Until 1820. He Afterwards Represented Seaford Between 1820 And 1826 Ludgershall Between 1826 And 1830 And Okehampton Between 1830 And 1831. He Supported George Canning's Motion In 1822 For A Bill To Relieve The Disabilities Of Roman Catholic Peers And Consistently Supported Liberal Principles. He Took Little Interest In Party Politics But Was A Strong Advocate Of State Support For The Causes Of Literature And The Fine Arts. In 1824 Agar-Ellis Was The Leading Promoter Of The Grant Of £57000 For The Purchase Of John Julius Angerstein's Collection Of Pictures Which Formed The Foundation Of The National Gallery. On The Formation Of Lord Grey's Whig Administration In November 1830 He Was Sworn Of The Privy Council And Appointed First Commissioner Of Woods And Forests. However He Was Forced To Resign After Two Months Due To Bad Health. In June 1831 During His Father's Lifetime Agar-Ellis Was Raised To The Peerage As Baron Dover Of Dover In The County Of Kent. He Was President Of The Royal Society Of Literature In 1832 A Trustee Of The British Museum And Of The National Gallery And A Commissioner Of Public Records. Lord Dover Married Lady Georgiana Howard Daughter Of George Howard 6Th Earl Of Carlisle In 1822. They Had Two Sons Who Became Respectively The 3Rd Viscount And 5Th Viscount And Two Daughters. He Died On The 10 July 1833 Aged Only 36 Predeceasing His Father By Three Years. Lord Dover'S Works Were Chiefly Historical And Include: The True History Of The Iron Mask Extracted From Documents In The French Archives 1826 Inquiries Respecting The Character Of Clarendon 1827 And A Life Of Frederick Ii. 1831. He Also Edited The Ellis Correspondence 1829 And Walpole'S Letters To Sir Horace Mann 1833. <br/> <br/> Archibald Constable & Company / Hurst, Robinson & Co hardcover

Arroyo Seco Books · États-Unis511,56 $US≈ 432,83 €

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