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Italiano: Camerun. Maschera cimiero Ejagham. Società maschile Ngbe   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Italiano: Camerun. Maschera cimiero Ejagham. Società maschile Ngbe
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Italiano: Maschera cimiero - Testa antropomorfa poggiante su calotta di fibre intrecciate. La scultura lignea rivestita di pelle animale presenta un volto con bocca aperta e denti in mostra, occhi circolari bianchi in grandi cavità orbitali, naso a base triangolare. Tutto intorno alla testa e in mezzo alla fronte piccole protuberanze cilindriche.

Presso gli Ejagham del Cross River la società Ngbe è un'associazione segreta di guerrieri che riveste anche funzioni commerciali e politiche. L'appartenenza di gruppo si costruisce intorno a un insieme di simboli condivisi, tra cui le maschere.

Solitamente le maschere sono ricoperte di pelle di antilope ma si sono anche ritrovate maschere con pelle umana, cosa che fece ipotizzare allo studioso Leo Frobenius che in origine i guerrieri portassero sul capo non una maschera, ma la testa del nemico ucciso. La maschera è stata così interpretata come una forma di appropriazione del potere del morto.
Date 20th century
date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Dimensions height: 26.5 cm (10.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,26.5U174728
institution QS:P195,Q3928496
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Passaré 00097
Object history
  • Collezione Passaré
Notes Ivan Bargna (author of source for first revision), Carolina Orsini (scientific director)
References
  • P. Amrouche, G. Arnaldi, Via Passaré, Alessandro Passaré, Fondazione Passaré, Milano, 2007.
Source/Photographer Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco

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