Mask "karanga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3033916
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Provenance
Helmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, SwitzerlandArendt Oetker, Berlin, Germany
Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland
Size
H: 137 cm
H: 53.9 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, kaolin, a concave vaulted facial plane, divided by a raised nose ridge, crowned by grooved horns and a high-tapering, board-shaped superstructure with triangular piercings, dam., cracks, slight traces of abrasion, water spots;
masks like the present belong to the men’s society “wango”, women are not allowed to see them.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 115 ff.