Senufo
Korhogo, northern Côte d'Ivoire
Northern Africa and the Sahel
Mask Head (Kagba or Navige)
INV-2492
Senufo
Korhogo, northern Côte d'Ivoire
Northern Africa and the SahelEarly/mid-20th century
Mask Head (Kagba or Navige)
Senufo Korhogo, northern Côte d'Ivoire Northern Africa and the Sahel →senufoArts of AfricaNorthern Africa and the Sahelafrican Artafrican artarts of Africa
Date
Early/mid-20th century
Medium
Wood and pigment
Dimensions
68.6 × 17.2 × 19.1 cm (27 × 6 3/4 × 7 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Anita Glaze
When it was performed, this antelope mask head was vertically attached to a tent-shaped construction made from twigs and colored fabric, which hid a male dancer underneath. Kagba appeared primarily at funerals and initiations organized by the all-male Poro association. The last sculptures of this type were apparently created in the early 1960s, when local iconoclastic movements and the unrest triggered by Côte d’Ivoire’s struggle for independence led to the cessation of these practices.
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