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Zoomorphic mask "hombo" - Burkina Faso, Bwa

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Zoomorphic mask "hombo" - Burkina Faso, Bwa

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Description

wood,
H: 43 cm, H: 16,9 inch
Provenance:
Gerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
Lit.: Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Paris 1987, p. 273

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Zoomorphic mask "hombo" - Burkina Faso, Bwa

Name: Zoomorphic mask \"hombo\" - Burkina Faso, Bwa
SKU: 62906847
Price: 500 EUR
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