Zoomorphic mask "wan noraogo" · Burkina Faso, Mossi · ID: 3038109
sold
EUR 2,300
Provenance
Michael Wyman, Chicago, USASize
L: 77,5 cm
L: 30.5 inch
Description
wood, encrusted sacrificial patina, polychrome paint, depicting a rooster, completely decorated with carved and painted geometrical ornaments, dominated by a comb and a long bent beak, pierced around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, traces of abrasion, base;
all masks of the Mossi have totemistic character and are part of genesis myths of the clan they belong to.
Comparing literature
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 105