Buffalo mask, Burkina Faso, Bwa, Size: H: 44 cm (H: 17.3 inch), ID: 3029916

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Lot 182

78th tribal art auction

Buffalo mask · Burkina Faso, Bwa · ID: 3029916

sold EUR 1,000

Provenance

Ketterer Munich, 6. Mai 1978, lot 49

Size

H: 44 cm

H: 17.3 inch

Description

wood, black, white and red paint, incised geometrical ornaments, pierced around the rim, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion

Comparing literature

Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Masken und Figuren aus Burkina Faso, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 60

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