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.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 233, ill. 194