Face mask · Burkina Faso, Lobi · ID: 3042426
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Provenance
Marceau Rivière, Paris, FranceSize
H: 27 cm
H: 10.6 inch
Description
wood, dark red pigment, black paint, accurately incised grooved coiffure, separated from the facial plane by a raised band, semicircular eyes with raised rim and drilled pupils, band scarifications at the temples, nose with “hanging” tip, slightly dam., abrasion of paint;
a work of Sikire Kambire from Gaoua (1896 - 5. Okt. 1963) or his workshop. (Compare characteristica mentioned above with Piet Meyer, 1981, ill. 159).
Comparing literature
Meyer, Piet, Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981, p. 127 ff.