Mask "wan balinga" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3040082
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Provenance
Belgian Private Collection, BrusselsAlain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, vaulted calotte with human facial features, crowned by a rooster’s comb, completely decorated with carved and painted geometrical ornaments, min. dam., missing parts, traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask “wan balinga” with the object ID 3040082 was last part of the auction 82nd Tribal Art Auction at February 27, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 290.
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Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 91