Gavilan or owl mask
Bwa · Burkina Faso
Reference: MFG-50
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- Height
- 23 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
The hawk or owl mask and butterfly mask are very similar both in shape and size. The first has the largest nose and the second the…
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The hawk or owl mask and butterfly mask are 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.
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.
Further technical information
- Width
- 110 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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