Untitled

Sculpture

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

2001.72

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, pigment

Context

The "Bedu Mask" of the Gurunsi people of Burkina Faso that derives from different symbolism of what a "Bedu" is in their culture. There is a story in their culture that this mythical "Bedu" animal cured an ill child by touching its skin and walking away. Also the Badu is an affiliation of elders of the Gurunsi people. This masks is used in festivals that are held once a year at the beginning of a new year. The performance with this masks is done to ignite the curing and fertilizing powers among women and children, while ridding the evil of the village.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of the May Weber Foundation

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified Burkina Faso artist

Notes

Creation Date: no date

Ethnography

Notes

Burkina Faso or northern ivory coast Africa West Africa Burkina Faso

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

Gurunsi, Gur, Western Sudanese, West African (general), African (general, continental cultures), ceremonial masks, masks (costume), costume (mode of fashion), healers, people (agents), ritual objects, ceremonial objects, object genres (object classifications)

Hierarchy Name

Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), People (hierarchy name), Object Genres (hierarchy name)

Facet

Styles and Periods Facet, Objects Facet, Agents Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

25-1/2 in

Depth

4 in

Length

59 in