Rooster mask "wan noraogo" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3040447
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Michael Wyman, Chicago, USASize
L: 77,5 cm
L: 30.5 inch
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.