Antelope headdress "wan-nyaka" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3048170

Name: Antelope headdress "wan-nyaka"
SKU: 3048170
Price: 1700 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,700

Provenance

Old British Collection (coll. in the 1960s / 70s)

Size

L: 58 cm

L: 22.8 inch

Description

wood, paint and pigment residues, rest.

In spite of its long birdlike snout, this mask represents an antelope (“nyaka”).

Mossi families tell of an ancestor who wandered through the wilderness looking for new land to farm. He became lost and lay down in the shade of a tree to rest. He was awakened by an antelope, which led him to a spring where he could drink. When he returned to his village the magic priest advised him to carve a mask in honor of this supernatural creature.

The object Antelope headdress “wan-nyaka” with the object ID 3048170 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021. The object with the lot number 154 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,700 with an asking price of EUR 1,200.

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