Zoomorphic mask · Burkina Faso, Winiama (Winye) · ID: 3048221
not available anymore
Provenance
Kunsthandel Jagielski, Hamburg, Germany (1961)H.G. Hannover, Germany
Size
H: 70 cm
H: 27.6 inch
Description
wood, pigment residues, rest.
Masks of the Winiama mainly depict bush spirits and spiritual beings who adopted animalic forms. According to van Rijn, the present mask represents a bat.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 204 ff.
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, S. 59, Fig. 65AHDRC: 0006147