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Seconde moiti\u00e9 du XIXe si\u00e8cle \u2013 d\u00e9but du XXe si\u00e8cle
\nBois, pigments et kaolin
\n27 cm<\/p>\n

Provenance<\/h2>\n

Collection priv\u00e9e, Paris
\nDalton Somar\u00e9, Milan
\nCollection Anna et Vittorio M. Carini, Bergame<\/p>\n

Art Lumbu et masques du Gabon m\u00e9ridional<\/h2>\n

Les masques du Gabon m\u00e9ridional, en particulier ceux attribu\u00e9s aux peuples Lumbu et Punu, constituent l\u2019une des expressions les plus raffin\u00e9es de l\u2019Art Africain<\/strong><\/a> d\u2019Afrique centrale. Utilis\u00e9s dans des contextes rituels li\u00e9s aux soci\u00e9t\u00e9s secr\u00e8tes et aux cultes ancestraux, ils ont pour fonction de mettre en relation le monde des vivants et celui des esprits.<\/p>\n

Ce masque Lumbu de danse mukuyi<\/em>, datable entre la fin du XIXe si\u00e8cle et le d\u00e9but du XXe, \u00e9tait utilis\u00e9 dans les rites de la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 initiatique Mwiri. Il \u00e9tait port\u00e9 par des danseurs masculins qui incarnaient des figures f\u00e9minines id\u00e9alis\u00e9es, selon une tradition r\u00e9pandue dans plusieurs cultures d\u2019Afrique centrale et occidentale.<\/p>\n

La figure repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e exprime une f\u00e9minit\u00e9 id\u00e9alis\u00e9e, souvent interpr\u00e9t\u00e9e comme l\u2019effigie d\u2019une jeune femme en deuil ou en attente de maternit\u00e9. Le visage blanchi au kaolin \u00e9voque \u00e0 la fois le monde spirituel, la m\u00e9moire des anc\u00eatres et une qualit\u00e9 de beaut\u00e9 sereine. La coiffure \u00e0 coques, appel\u00e9e mitooki<\/em>, est un \u00e9l\u00e9ment important de cette iconographie et renvoie aux crit\u00e8res esth\u00e9tiques et sociaux de la r\u00e9gion.<\/p>\n

La surface claire, les volumes \u00e9quilibr\u00e9s et la retenue de l\u2019expression conf\u00e8rent au masque une pr\u00e9sence m\u00e9ditative. Dans le contexte rituel, l\u2019image n\u2019\u00e9tait pas per\u00e7ue comme un portrait, mais comme une apparition spirituelle, rendue vivante par la danse, le costume et la musique.<\/p>\n

Forme, coiffure et pr\u00e9sence rituelle<\/h2>\n

Le visage se distingue par son harmonie compositionnelle et par une grande finesse sculpturale. Les yeux en amande, au caract\u00e8re introspectif, conf\u00e8rent au masque une expression suspendue et m\u00e9ditative, typique des plus hautes productions Lumbu et Punu.<\/p>\n

L\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9ment iconographique distinctif est la coiffure mitooki<\/em>, compos\u00e9e de grandes tresses rayonnant \u00e0 partir d\u2019une raie centrale. Ce motif appara\u00eet non seulement dans les masques, mais aussi dans les gardiens reliquaires et dans les repr\u00e9sentations historiques de la fin du XIXe si\u00e8cle, contribuant \u00e0 d\u00e9finir un canon esth\u00e9tique reconnaissable dans le panorama de la sculpture du Gabon.<\/p>\n

L\u2019usage du kaolin blanc, combin\u00e9 aux pigments et aux surfaces polies, accentue le caract\u00e8re spirituel du masque. Le blanc est associ\u00e9 \u00e0 la puret\u00e9 et au monde des esprits, tandis que la luminosit\u00e9 du visage pendant les danses rituelles en renfor\u00e7ait la pr\u00e9sence sc\u00e9nique.<\/p>\n

Ce masque repr\u00e9sente un exemple significatif de l\u2019art rituel d\u2019Afrique centrale, o\u00f9 id\u00e9alisation esth\u00e9tique, fonction initiatique et dimension spirituelle se fondent dans une image d\u2019un grand \u00e9quilibre et d\u2019une grande intensit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

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Approfondissements<\/h2>\n
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Art Africain<\/a><\/p>\n

Highlights d\u2019Art Africain<\/a><\/p>\n

Collection d\u2019Art Africain<\/a><\/p>\n

Publications sur l\u2019Art Africain<\/a><\/p>\n

Expositions internationales<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sculptures associ\u00e9es<\/h2>\n
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Figure gardienne, Kota, Gabon<\/a><\/p>\n

Figure gardienne, Kota, Gabon<\/a><\/p>\n

Masque, Punu, Gabon<\/a><\/p>\n

Masque antilope, Kwele, Gabon ou R.D. du Congo<\/a><\/p>\n

Masque casque, Igbo, Nigeria<\/a><\/p>\n

Masque Ntomo, Bamana, Mali<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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