Zoomorphic mask
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97th AuctionZoomorphic mask
Burkina Faso, Winiama (Winye)
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Kunsthandel Jagielski, Hamburg, Germany (1961) H.G. Hannover, Germany |
H: 27.6 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
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.
Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 204 ff.
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst in Deutschen Privatsammlungen, München 1973, S. 59, Fig. 65