Zoomorphic mask ·  Burkina Faso, Winiama · ID: 3038796

Description

wood, slightly encrusted patina, painted white, red and black, of oval hollowed form with chin plug and high towering flat horns, characterized by round eyes with concentrical rings and a large round mouth with big teeth, decorated with incised linear ornaments, accentuated by changing colour, rep. (breakage right horn), cracks, traces of insect caused damage and abrasion

The object Zoomorphic mask with the object ID 3038796 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 247 achieved a sales price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 88 ff.