Mask "wan balinga" ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3032929

Description

wood, matt encrusted patina, polychrome paint, vaulted calotte with human facial features, four sights, crowned by a rooster’s comb, pierced around the rim, rep. (comb), min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion

The object Mask “wan balinga” with the object ID 3032929 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 215 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 50, ill. 1-6