Zemanek-Münster

Mask "wan balinga"

Burkina Faso, Mossi
sold EUR 500
Provenance
European Private Collection
Size
H: 39 cm
H: 15.4 inch

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


Comparing literature

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

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