Antelope mask "wan-nyaka"
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92nd Tribal Art AuctionAntelope mask "wan-nyaka"
Burkina Faso, Mossi / Samo / Dafing
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Duke University, Durham / North Carolina, USA Mark Eglinton, New York, USA |
H: 21.3 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, pigments, handwritten inventory number "1979.55.3" and label
This mask with curved horns and bold medial facial crest shows a combination of features from different animals (antelope, rooster).
For a comparable mask, attributed to the Samo or Dafing, see Roy (2007), ill. 164.
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 164