Zoomorphic board mask "bayiri" · Burkina Faso, Bwa · ID: 3032627
Vendu
3 500 €
Provenance
Peter Schnell, Zurich, Switzerland (1981)Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
Description
wood, slightly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, a circular facial plane with concentric eyes, rectangular board-shaped superstructure with four hook-shaped protrudings on each side, crowned by a sickle-shaped element, dam., cracks, traces of abrasion, minor missing parts;
according to Roy this mask represents a spirit of nature and new life names “bayiri”.
Littérature comparée
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 142