Mask "wan balinga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3034903
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
The object Mask “wan balinga” with the object ID 3034903 was last part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction at May 25, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 153 achieved a sales price of EUR 550.
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Comparing literature
Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 50, ill. 1-6