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The Great Lobi Statuary L a G R a N D E S T a T U a I R E L O B I Uaire Lobi T Uaire a Rande St Rande G La La Uary T Uary a T Lobi S Lobi T the Grea The L ES BOIS QUI MURMURENT THE GREAT LOBI STATUARY L A GRANDE STATUAIRE L OBI UAIRE LOBI UAIRE T A st RANDE RANDE G LA LA UARY UARY T A T LOBI S LOBI T THE GREA THE L ES BOIS QUI MURMURENT WHISPERING WOODS LA GRANDE STATUAIRE LOBI DE LA COLLECTION FRANÇOIS & MARIE CHRISTIAENS THE GREAT LOBI STATUARY FROM THE FRANÇOIS & MARIE CHRISTIAENS COLLECTION Texte / Text LES SUPPORTS SCULPTÉS DE LA PENSÉE LOBI THE scULPTED SUPPORts OF LOBI THOUGHT par / by Viviane Baeke UNE EXPOSITION / AN EXHIBITION BRUNEAF COMMISSAIRE ET ÉDITEUR / CURATOR AND PUBLISHER PRÉSENTATION ............................................................................................................................................................................9 Serge Schoffel ITINÉRAIRE DE COLLECTIONNEURS .................................................................................................................................... 15 François et Marie Christiaens LES SUppORTS SCULPTÉS DE LA PENSÉE LOBI .............................................................................................23 Viviane Baeke Avant-propos ................................................................................................................................................................................23 INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................................................27 Un peu d’histoire ............................................................................................................................................................................27 Le franchissement du fleuve ou la création d’une nouvelle identité ........................................................................................27 Flèches contre armes à feu : la rencontre avec les colonisateurs français ................................................................................ 31 Organisation sociale et gestion des espaces ................................................................................................................................ 35 Pourquoi épouser celle-ci plutôt que celle-là ? ....................................................................................................................... 35 Terre, territoire, habitat ........................................................................................................................................................43 De la maison au territoire ..........................................................................................................................................45 De l’espace social à l’espace rituel ............................................................................................................................ 46 SYSTÈME DE PENSÉE ..............................................................................................................................................................50 Les hommes et le monde qui les entoure : mythes et traditions orales ......................................................................................50 La notion de personne et la mort : du thuú au thíl .......................................................................................................................65 Entre bii, premières funérailles, et bobuùr, secondes funérailles : le temps de la métamorphose du thuú............................... 68 Le temps du bobuùr : du thuú au thíl, et de la germination du mil à la bière ......................................................................... 68 De la clôture du bobuùr à l’installation du père-ancêtre thìrè ................................................................................................. 71 De la canne de l’ancêtre à sa représentation anthropomorphe ..............................................................................................73 Les autres thíla d’ancêtres ....................................................................................................................................................76 Morts errants, « ancêtres inachevés » ................................................................................................................................... 80 LA STATUAIRE : DU HIÉRATISME À LA GESTUELLE, EN PASSANT PAR LE MURMURE .................................. 88 Les figures d’ancêtres thílkòtína .................................................................................................................................................. 88 La sémiotique du geste des figures bùthìba .................................................................................................................................92 L’ancêtre inachevé ...............................................................................................................................................................92 Les bùthìba ou la mise en scène du malheur à écarter ..........................................................................................................95 Thérapeutes, morts errants et génies de brousse ................................................................................................................. 96 Que « masque » la peinture corporelle du buúr ? ........................................................................................................ 98 Retour aux ritualistes ............................................................................................................................................... 109 Les monstres sacrés : des enfants « réincarnés » aux jumeaux dédoublés ..............................................................................110 Du murmure au geste, de l’initiation à la consultation ...............................................................................................................116 La mort, le sang et le khèlè ou comment naissent les figures céphalomorphes ...................................................................... 124 La mort violemment perpétrée, par le sang répandu, libère le khèlè de la victime ................................................................. 124 Lors d’un homicide .................................................................................................................................................. 125 Lorsqu’un animal sauvage khaà, « amer », est abattu durant la chasse ...................................................................... 125 Lorsqu’une femme meurt en couches d’une hémorragie ........................................................................................... 128 La naissance du mìlkuùrdaar ............................................................................................................................................. 132 Le sculpteur est aussi un ritualiste ............................................................................................................................................. 134 EN GUISE DE CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................................................ 140 Entre la prière et l’injonction : la ruse ........................................................................................................................141 Bibliographie .............................................................................................................................................................................. 142 OODS OODS W W Autel extérieur « lobi » au village de Bissicouli À noter la sculpture en bois positionnée entre les jambes HISPERING HISPERING W “Lobi” outdoor altar in the village of Bissicouli W 4 Note the wooden sculpture positioned between the legs 5 PRESENTATION .................................................................................................................................................................................. 9 Serge Schoffel A COLLECTORS’ ITINERARY ........................................................................................................................................................ 15 François et Marie Christiaens THE SCULPTED SUPPORTS OF LOBI THOUGHT ....................................................................................................23 Viviane Baeke Foreword .......................................................................................................................................................................................23 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................27 A brief history .......................................................................................................................................................................................27 The crossing of the river and the creation of a new identity ...........................................................................................................27 Arrows against firearms: the encounter with the French colonials .................................................................................................. 31 Social organization and the management of spaces ..........................................................................................................................35 Why marry this one instead of that one? 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