Mask "sigma"
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89th Tribal Art AuctionMask "sigma"
Burkina Faso, Bwa/Ghana
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden | H: 18.9 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, pigments, metal,
These masks are from Northern Ghana, but in the formal aspects of their construction they bear some important similarities to certain Gurunsi and Bwa mask styles from Burkina Faso.
Roy, Christopher D., Land of the flying masks, München 2007, ill. 98
Magins Hjärta, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden, 1997