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
Comparing literature
Fagaly, William, Ancestors of Congo Square, New Orleans 2011, p. 91