Gavilan Mask
Bwa · Burkina Faso
Reference: MFG-69
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- Height
- 29 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
The hawk mask or Dourô and the butterfly mask or Yehotiare very similar both in shape and size. The first has the largest nose and the…
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Full original description
The hawk mask or Dourô and the butterfly mask or Yehotiare very similar both in shape and size. The first has the largest nose and the second the mouth opened in the form of a rhombus or square supported on a vertex. It differs from the butterfly mask because it has a beak in the center. There is a great confusion between the hawk mask and the owl mask. There is a great confusion between the hawk mask and the owl mask.The latter has the most collected, shorter wings.
They are usually large masks, light wood and colorful polychrome on a white background, which are manifested during fertility cults and after harvests.Its carriers, by dancing, make artistic evolutions, standing on the ground and spreading its wings as if to start the flight. Colors black and reddish brown on white. Old patina.
Further technical information
- Width
- 185 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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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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