A large Mossi or Nuna mask, Burkina Faso, uprising from an oval fascian plane of hollowed form with rectangular eyes pierced through, framed by a row of reddish "passion pearls", pierced through, and pointed animal ears, beneeth a small, triangular mouth a large, spreading goatee, on top enormous plank-like ornaments, colourful painted and the head of a bird with a curved beak, fixed with leather strings, the large eyes also decorated with small pearls. Incl. stand

G. Le Moal, Les Bobo: Nature et Fonction des Masques (Paris: Office de la Recherche Scientifique Outre Mer, 1980). C. Roy, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers (Meudon: Chaffin, 1987), Roy, Christopher & Thomas G. B. Wheelock, Burkina Faso Land of the Flying Masks. The Thomas G. B. Wheelock Collection, 2007

800 - 1.000,- Euro

Height: 169 cm
Weight: 5,8 kg (the stand 2 kg)