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Mossi Bird Zoomorphic Plank Mask, Burkina Faso #914 PROVENANCE

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Mossi Bird Zoomorphic Plank Mask, Burkina Faso #914 PROVENANCE

  • Mossi Bird Zoomorphic Plank Mask, Burkina Faso #914 PROVENANCE
  • A Mossi zoomorphic mask, from the region Kaya, Burkina Faso, of hollowed form and large proportions, the face with open-worked beak, a striated vertical central ridge, bean-shaped eyes, the ears are circular, three branches spring from the plank, a head of a Kalao bird emerges from the middle plank, the mask carved in low relief with varied geometric motifs, the mask pierced through at the rim for attachment, carved from three pieces of wood; the encrusted patina shows age and cultic use, several cracks
  • Measurements: Height, 82 cm
  • Includes stand
  • PROVENANCE: Mohamed Belo Garba
  • Lit.: Christopher D. Roy/Thomas G.B. Wheelock: Land of the Flying Masks. Art and Culture in Burkina Faso. The Thomas G. B. Wheelock Collection, Prestel 2007, p. 406; Stanley Museum Uiowa, Collections African-Art, Burkina Faso, Mossi Peoples; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone: Die Regenmacher. Maskenzauber und Stammesriten, Paris 2020; Till Förster: Skulptur in Westafrika. Masken und Figuren aus Burkina Faso. Sammlung "Burkina Faso" aus dem Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg im Breisgau, Bremen 1995.


$960.00

Original: $3,200.00

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Mossi Bird Zoomorphic Plank Mask, Burkina Faso #914 PROVENANCE—

$3,200.00

$960.00

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  • Mossi Bird Zoomorphic Plank Mask, Burkina Faso #914 PROVENANCE
  • A Mossi zoomorphic mask, from the region Kaya, Burkina Faso, of hollowed form and large proportions, the face with open-worked beak, a striated vertical central ridge, bean-shaped eyes, the ears are circular, three branches spring from the plank, a head of a Kalao bird emerges from the middle plank, the mask carved in low relief with varied geometric motifs, the mask pierced through at the rim for attachment, carved from three pieces of wood; the encrusted patina shows age and cultic use, several cracks
  • Measurements: Height, 82 cm
  • Includes stand
  • PROVENANCE: Mohamed Belo Garba
  • Lit.: Christopher D. Roy/Thomas G.B. Wheelock: Land of the Flying Masks. Art and Culture in Burkina Faso. The Thomas G. B. Wheelock Collection, Prestel 2007, p. 406; Stanley Museum Uiowa, Collections African-Art, Burkina Faso, Mossi Peoples; Tiziana & Gianni Baldizzone: Die Regenmacher. Maskenzauber und Stammesriten, Paris 2020; Till Förster: Skulptur in Westafrika. Masken und Figuren aus Burkina Faso. Sammlung "Burkina Faso" aus dem Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg im Breisgau, Bremen 1995.