Antelope mask "karanga" · Burkina Faso, Kurumba · ID: 3035438
Swiss Private Collection
Description
wood, lusterless patina, polychrome paint, half-spherical vaulted cranium with triangular pierced eyes, subdivided by a massive nose ridge, surmounted by two parallel, slender hornn joined on top, decorated with a flat incised triangular patterns, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion and insect caused damage (back);
according to Christopher Roy carved in the so-called “Risiam style”. The geographic area in which Risiam style masks are found corresponds to the area of the traditional Mossi states of Risiam, Ratenga and Zitenga, defined in the south by the White Volta River and in the north by the area occupied by the Kurumba.
The object Antelope mask “karanga” with the object ID 3035438 was part of the auction 74th tribal art auction on September 7, 2013. The object with the lot number 61 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,400 with an asking price of EUR 1,800.
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Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 135, ill. 105