Zemanek-Münster

Mask "wan balinga"

Burkina Faso, Mossi
sold EUR 550
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch

Description

wood, slightly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, completely decorated with carved and painted geometrical ornaments, crowned by a rooster’s comb, pierced around the rim, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, metal socle


Comparing literature

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

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