Zoomorphic mask · Burkina Faso, Nunuma · ID: 3040059
sold
EUR 780
Provenance
Emil Storrer, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
H: 38 cm
H: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, with birds beak, crest and forehead projection, plant fibre bonnet, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
the Nunuma belong to the group of the Gurunsi. Their masks appear at funeral ceremonies and above all on yearly festivities held in order to clean the village. They take place before the rainy season, at the beginning of April. They introduce the new agricultural period, as well as a new ritual cycle.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 73