Antelope mask "wan-nyaka" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3033705
Description
wood, encrusted brown patina, small remains of polychrome paint, incised zigzag ornaments, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (snout and horns, above all backside at the rim), rep. (rim of the calotte on the left, horn tip on the right), on metal base;
representing a small species of antelopes called redfronted gazelle or “Gazella rufifrons”. At the same time provided with features of other animals: the comb of a cock or the long snout of a crocodile with jagged rows of teeth.
The object Antelope mask “wan-nyaka” with the object ID 3033705 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 150 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,200.
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Comparing literature
Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 50, ill. 1-6
Publications
Ausstellungskatalog "Geist-Reich", Marl 2000, p. 14