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20th century
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Poro Headgear mask
The headdress represents a ground hornbill. It is dark brown and stands upright. The wings protrude like sails on either side. There are two rectangular holes in each wing. The mask comes from the village of Gbon.The swollen belly and the long beak of the hornbill symbolise the female and male power of reproduction. As a sign of fertility, the ground hornbill adorns many carvings of the Senufo, such as this headdress, which is worn during initiation into the Poro men's secret society.
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- Museen Freiburg Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Senufo
- Object type
- Maske
- Dimensions
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Width: 740.0 mm
Height: 1500.0 mm
Depth: 300.0 mm - Material/Technique
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Wood, Carving
- Current location
- Museum Natur und Mensch
- Inventory number
- I/2575
Provenance and sources
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Production
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Change of legal title:
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when
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10.01.1986
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Ivory Coast (location/origin)Africa (location/origin)
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Assignment to a curated holding:
Africa
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- CC0 1.0 DEED
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