Mask "sigma"
Ghana/Gurunsi, Burkina Faso
Vendu
800 €
Provenance
Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, GermanyTaille
H: 45,5 cm
H: 17.9 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, plant fibres, of flat form with a high towering superstructure, a stylized face indicated by painted eye pairs and a handle-shaped appendage in the middle, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion;
these masks are from Northern Ghana, but in the formal aspects of their construction they bear some important similarities to certain Gurunsi and Bwa mask styles from Burkina Faso.