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