Rooster mask "wan noraogo" ·  Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3040447

Description

wood, encrusted sacrificial patina, polychrome paint, beak and crested comb reaching out in a wide bow, strongly encrusted patina in some areas, slightly dam., missing parts along lower rim, cracks, abrasion of paint, base;
all masks of the Mossi have totemistic character and are part of genesis myths of the clan they belong to.

The object Rooster mask “wan noraogo” with the object ID 3040447 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 154 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,500.

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