Duck mask ·  Burkina Faso, Gurunsi · ID: 3040986

Description

wood, partly encrusted greyishbrown patina, pigment remains, incised geometrical ornaments, remains of cord material, rep. (break/ forehead crest), cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion;
the duck is believed to harbor magical spirits because it carries diseases that kill other farmstead fowl.

Littérature comparée

Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 233, ill. 194