Butterfly Mask
Bwa · Burkina Faso
Reference: MFG-44
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- Height
- 47 cm
- Material
- Wood and polychrome.
MASSARA MARIPOSA BWA (BURKINA FASO) They are usually large masks, light wood and colorful polychrome on a white background, which are manifested during fertility cults and…
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Full original description
MASSARA MARIPOSA BWA
(BURKINA FASO)
They are usually large masks, light wood and colorful polychrome on a white background, which are manifested during fertility cults and after harvests. Remember that butterflies appear in large flocks after the rainy season. Its carriers, by dancing, evolve imitating the flight of butterflies and make artistic evolutions, standing on the ground and spreading its wings as the insect does when persipating on a flower.
Further technical information
- Width
- 92 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX
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Burkina Faso. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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