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Mask "wan balinga" - Burkina Faso, Mossi

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Mask "wan balinga" - Burkina Faso, Mossi

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Description

wood, remains of polychrome paint, animal hair, vaulted calotte with human facial features, crowned by a rooster's comb, entirely coated with ornaments, pierced around the rim, min. dam., traces of abrasion, base
H: 20 cm, H: 7,9 inch
Provenance:
Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Lit.: Förster, Till, Skulptur in Westafrika, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, p. 50, ill. 1-9
Continent: Africa

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Mask "wan balinga" - Burkina Faso, Mossi

Name: Mask \"wan balinga\" - Burkina Faso, Mossi
SKU: 33662806
Price: 400 EUR
Availability: InStock

Estimate €500 - €3,000

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