Antelope dance crest "zazaigo" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3033282
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Provenance
René David, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
light brown wood, matt patina, black and white paint, a bonnet of rough fabric with long extending cord-like raffia strings and bands of fabric embroidered with cowrie snails, surmounted by the stylized head of a buffalo, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 126