Mask "karanga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3037510
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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
The object Mask “karanga” with the object ID 3037510 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 194.
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Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 115 ff.
Publications
Galleria Arte Primitiva, Paolo Morogi, Ascona-Losone 1973, ill. 28