Zemanek-Münster

Mask "sigma"

Burkina Faso, Bwa/Ghana
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Provenance
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
Size
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

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