Sculptured bodies, ready bodies, masked bodies

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This exhibition is under the patronage of the governments of the French Republic and the Republic of Ivory Coast. It is organized in the framework of Franco-Ivorian cooperation agreements with the Ministry of Cooperation. reference book that offers an excellent synthesis of the works and a comprehensive overview of the forms and the most varied techniques and the most ancient crafts and traditional arts of Ivory Coast, as religious, ceremonial and utilitarian and ritual daily. Contents: Introduction and insights. -1. Affiliations, identities (when the body of gods, spirits or ancestors reproduces that of living men …). -2. embodied powers (when the body mask and identity splits …). -3. Powers . Ethnic groups in other represented Ivory Coast Baoulé, Lobi, Malinké, Guro, Bete, Guere, Anyi, Abron, Wobé, Wei Dan, Yaouré, Senufo … With also a set of parts from the Parisian museums, French, Belgian, English, Swiss, museum of Abidjan, local chiefdoms, but also large collections (Goldet Riviere ….).