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Zoomorphic mask "nwenka" - Burkina Faso, Bobo

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Zoomorphic mask "nwenka" - Burkina Faso, Bobo

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The "nwenka" mask is one of the oldest and most sacred wooden masks that perform at Bobo masquerades. Tradition claims it dated from the time of creation when "wuro", the Creator God, molded the world from moist clay and made creatures to inhabit it. The "nwenka" masked dance imitates "wuro's" creating the world.
H: 98 cm, H: 38,6 inch
Provenance:
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
Lit.: Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 329

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Zoomorphic mask "nwenka" - Burkina Faso, Bobo

Name: Zoomorphic mask \"nwenka\" - Burkina Faso, Bobo
SKU: 62906846
Price: 450 EUR
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