Duck mask · Burkina Faso, Gurunsi · ID: 3040986
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Provenance
Thomas Waigel, Pfinztal, GermanySize
H: 41 cm
H: 16.1 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted greyishbrown patina, pigment remains, incised geometrical ornaments, remains of cord material, rep. (break/ forehead crest), cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion;
the duck is believed to harbor magical spirits because it carries diseases that kill other farmstead fowl.
The object Duck mask with the object ID 3040986 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 160.
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Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 233, ill. 194