Mask "sigma" · Burkina Faso, Bwa/Ghana · ID: 3044262
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Provenance
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, SwedenSize
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch
Description
wood, pigments, metal,
These masks are from Northern Ghana, but in the formal aspects of their construction they bear some important similarities to certain Gurunsi and Bwa mask styles from Burkina Faso.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 98
Exhibition
Magins Hjärta, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden, 1997