Zoomorphic mask "karan-wemba" - Burkina Faso, Mossi

A very tall carved wooden mask featuring an elegant female ancestor finial above the mask face, all carved from a single piece of dense wood. Among the Mossi of Burkina Faso, a wooden face mask surmou

Tall carved wooden mask with elegant female ancestor image, from the Mossi of Burkina Faso, West Africa. This is a rare style of mask created by the Mossi to appear at the funeral of an elderly Mossi

Date: 1970's Origin/Tribe: Burkina Faso - Afrika Material: Wood Dimensions: 50 Additional Information: Throughout the savanna region of West Africa, commemorative funerals pay tribute to the memory of

Bwa or Gurunsi Peoples, Burkina Faso, zoomorphic mask, 20th century, carved wooden mask featuring hyena / jackal motif. 21" H x 15.5" W x 7" D. Provenance: From the estate of a prominent Chinese music

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

wood, rep. 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, molde

TRIBAL AFRICAN ART MOSSI WAN PESEGO MASK. Burkina Faso. Most Mossi masks symbolically depict totemic animals associated with particular clans. Each family has an animal with which it has mythological

Figural and animal mask by the Burkina Faso Mossi tribe. [64" H x 12" W x 5" D].

African Tribal Art: Mossi People, Burkina Faso: Helmet Mask with Warthog, 19th Century. Extremely worn, patinated surface, incised with geometric designs, showing traces of pigments. An old rope is la

Description: Original MOSSI Mask / Burkina Faso origin. Medium: Wood, Linen and beads Measurement approximate: 18 H Inches Shipping cost: $45 Different rate to California, Hawaii and Alaska applies

Fine Old African Mossi Mask, Burkina Faso. Carved wood. Size: 23'' x 8'' x 7'' (58 x 20 x 18 cm).

West African, Burkina Faso, Mossi peoples mask. Carved wood and polychrome paint. 34" H. Spilt to mask handle. Loss to bottom of mask. Small metal tag to the bottom of handle, 33.

A Bobo/Mossi Mask, Burkina Faso, height: 56 1/2". Provenance: Irv Fischer Collection, Michigan

A Bobo/Mossi Mask, Burkina Faso, height: 65". Provenance: Irv Fischer Collection, Michigan

6 Mossi Masks. Burkina Faso, Africa. Carved wood. Largest Size: 48" x 7" x 7" (122 x 18 x 18 cm). Provenance: ex New York private ethnographic arts collection. Note: This is a NO RESERVE auction. Bidd

6 Mossi Masks. Burkina Faso, Africa. Carved wood. Largest Size: 62" x 7.5" x 5" (157 x 19 x 13 cm). Provenance: ex New York private ethnographic arts collection. Note: This is a NO RESERVE auction. Bi

6 Mossi Masks. Burkina Faso, Africa. Carved wood. Largest Size: 58" x 7" x 7" (147 x 18 x 18 cm). Provenance: ex New York private ethnographic arts collection. Note: This is a NO RESERVE auction. Bidd

Antique African Mossi Helmet Mask, Burkina Faso. Carved wood and pigment. Provenance: Peter-Michael Boyd Traditional African Art and Material Culture, Seattle; ex collection Drs. John & Nicole Dintenf

African Tribal Art: Mossi People, Burkina Faso: Helmet Mask with Snake, late 19th/Early 20th Century. Extremely worn, patinated surface, incised with geometric designs, showing traces of pigments. 26"

African Mossi Antelope Mask, Burkina Faso. Carved wood and horn. Native repairs. Stand not included. Provenance: ex. Michael Oliver, purchased 1995, Gilbert Ouadraogo, New York. Size: 25'' x 6.5'' x 7

Ritual masks carved in wood by the MOSSI people- Burkina Faso. Mossi sculptors are famous for their polychrome masks which are worn during funeral ceremonies and to guard crop. These masks ? which hav

War mask carved in wood from the MOSSI - Burkina Faso. Oval face with pierced oval eyes, painted with white, black, blue and ochre pigments culminate in a central ridge. The nose is in relief. Good co

52" Mossi Karenga Mask, Burkina Faso Plank Mask. Hand Carved from one large piece of wood and hand painted. Despite Muslim and Christian influence over the last few hundred years the peoples of the Bu

Large Mossi African Mask - Burkina Faso. The mask measures 43.5 inches high and 6.5 inches wide.