Sachgebiete

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60 S.; viele Illustr. (s/w); 29,5 cm; Kopien ( kopierte A4-Seiten); geheftet.

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Gutes Ex. - COPY / private Kopie; aus dem Vorbesitz von Dr. H. J. Koloß / Völkerkundemuseum Berlin. - Die Kopien / Illustrationen gut erkennbar. - Text englisch. - Seite 2 mit hs. Eintragung. - ... Mounted Warrior Wood Siena, Ivory Coast This divination figure is from further south in the Siena country than the last, and by contrast with it presents the extreme limit of ingratiating charm of which the austere Siena style is capable. The long arc of the left arm and bridle and the continuation of the line of the horse's back through the suave face display a lack of tension suggesting art nouveau rather than the more forceful manifestations of the Siena style, which more commonly emphasize the exponential curve of growth (here suggested only in the rider's face). In view of the probable age of this piece (after the Second World War), it is possible that some 'feedback' from the accommodation of the Siena to the world of Europeans is present, but if so it does not detract from the pleasant effect. // Mounted Warrior (fragment) Wood Siena, Ivory Coast 11 inches This may again be a divination piece, though very different in style from the preceding two; but it may equally well be a fragment from the superstructure of a well-known, though rare, type of helmet mask which consists of a wooden skull cap with a large pair of buffalo horns between which is set the equestrian figure. We do not know whether the riders in these two cases represent the same or a connected personage. The piece is said to have been collected in Tiou village, Sikasso district and is in the characteristic northern Siena style. Divining bowl supported by a horseman and other figures // Wood Yoruba, Nigeria This is an agere ifa or bowl to hold the sixteen palm nuts which are used in divination by a babalawo or priest of the cult of Ifa. The nuts are thrown from hand to hand in the process of divining. The rude vigour of the piece- so rude that the absence of one of the four attendant caryatids is scarcely noticeable-makes precise identification difficult, since it does not seem to come from one of the large centres of population, but is from an unknown western Yoruba hand, perhaps in one of the bush villages near to the Dahomey border. // Ring with a mounted warrior Brass Dogon, Mali Small brass castings very similar in design to the superstructure of this ring are found not only among the Dogon of the Niger Bend in Mali, but also, not too sur-prisingly, in the long established industry which probably had its origin in the ancient Sao Culture and still fitfully flourishes around Fort Lamy on the northern shore of Lake Chad, and, much more surprisingly, in certain of the tribal areas of the Indian subcontinent - though even in this case a historical connection cannot be entirely ruled out, so many are the evidences of a cultural shuttle service along a band running from north central Africa through Egypt, the Arab lands and Persia to northern India in the early Christian era and before. ? (u.v.a.m.)