Masque buffle "sigma" ·  Nord du Ghana, Vagala ou Tampulma · ID: 3047153

Description

wood, colour pigments, separately worked handle, old place of repair (horn centre), missing parts (back)

“Sigma” masks appear in masquerades performed at funeral celebrations and when a community’s well-being is threatened, for example, by a drought or malevolent spirits.

Littérature comparée

Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 98