File:Male Face Mask, Brücke-Museum Berlin, 64997, view d.jpg
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Male Face Mask in Dan-style, Nyamu, Liberia, Ivory Coast, around 1900-1970, three-quarter view from the right
Summary
Object
| Artist |
English: once known creator
Deutsch: einst bekannte*r Urheber*in |
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| Description |
Deutsch: Männliche Gesichtsmaske im Stil der Dan, Nyamu
English: Male Face Mask in Dan-style, Nyamu |
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| Date | between 1900 and 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | wood, aluminium (Q663)/ sheet metal (Q211367) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | height: 22.5 cm (8.8 in); width: 12.8 cm (5 in); depth: 7.5 cm (2.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
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| Accession number |
H 33 |
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| Place of creation | Liberia (Q1014) / Ivory Coast (Q1008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object history |
transferred to Karl und Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Stiftung from Karl Schmidt-Rottluff |
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| Notes |
English: The round eyes suggest that this is a male mask. Since the mask has been purged of the body costume and attachments such as coif, raffia, ribbons, cowries, etc., its meaning and functional context can no longer be understood. Masks can represent different characters, serving for entertainment, but also give shape to threatening forest spirits. They were sometimes passed down through generations, increasing their spiritual power.
Deutsch: Die runden Augen lassen darauf schließen, dass es sich hier um eine männliche Maske handelt. Da die Maske vom Körperkostüm und zusätzlichen Bestandteilen wie der Haube, Raffia, Bändern, Kaurischnecken etc. bereinigt wurde, kann man ihre Bedeutung und den Funktionszusammenhang nicht mehr nachvollziehen. Masken können verschiedene Charaktere repräsentieren, die der Unterhaltung dienen, aber auch bedrohlichen Waldgeister Gestalt geben. Sie wurden zum Teil über Generationen weitergegeben, wodurch sich ihre spirituelle Wirkmacht steigerte. |
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| References | https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/644632 / Eberhard Fischer / Hans Himmelheber, The Arts of the Dan in West Africa, Zurich: Museum Rietberg, 1984. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Photograph
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English: Male Face Mask in Dan-style, Nyamu, Liberia, Ivory Coast, around 1900-1970, three-quarter view from the right  |
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| Source | BrückeMuseumBerlin | |||
| Author | Nick Ash, Berlin | |||
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The estate of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, owned by the Karl and Emy Schmidt-Rottluff Foundation at the Brücke Museum, contains his collection of around 100 sculptures and objects with colonial backgrounds. The Brücke artist himself never travelled outside Europe and, to the best of current knowledge, bought these objects in the art trade and from private owners from the 1910s onwards. The collection includes ritual and everyday objects, alongside souvenirs for the Western market. The way they were perceived underwent changes: they came to be seen as objects of art and decoration. Little is known of their origins, the circumstances of their acquisition, or the historical and current importance of the objects. Most of them originate from Germany’s former colonies, thus referring directly to German Expressionists’ entanglements in the often unlawful appropriation of material culture in colonially occupied lands. More
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