Zemanek-Münster

Mask "nyanga"

Burkina Faso, Bobo
not available anymore
Provenance
European Private Collection
Size
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch

Description

light brown wood, partly shiny brown patina, propbably depicting a baboon, helmet-shaped calotte, protruding open mouth, hole on top of the head, pierced around the rim, min. dam., fissures, slight traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 93, ill. 4-10

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