Mask "wan balinga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3035335
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Karl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, GermanyGerman Private Collection
Size
H: 41 cm
H: 16.1 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, vaulted calotte with human facial features, crowned by a rooster’s comb, pierced around the rim, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, socle;
all masks of the Mossi have totemistic character and are part of genesis myths of the clan they belong to.
Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 91