Masque zoomorphe · Burkina Faso, Winiama (Winye) · ID: 3048221
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Provenance
Kunsthandel Jagielski, Hamburg, Germany (1961)H.G. Hannover, Germany
Description
wood, pigment residues, rest.
Masks of the Winiama mainly depict bush spirits and spiritual beings who adopted animalic forms. According to van Rijn, the present mask represents a bat.
Littérature comparée
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 204 ff.
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, S. 59, Fig. 65AHDRC: 0006147