Zoomorphic mask "wan noraogo"

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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.

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Comparing literature

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 105

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