Native American Artifacts & Hot Wheels
Lot 432:
Burkina Faso Tribal Dance Bird Plank Mask From Africa. 34 inches Long 22 1/2 inches wide.
Burkina Faso Tribal Dance Bird Plank Mask From Africa. 34 inches Long 22 1/2 inches wide. Mid-Century or Older. 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 Burkina Faso continue to live their lives in their old traditional ways. This is a fairly old mask from the Mossi people acquired midcentury by 2 teachers who spent much of their time overseas mid 1900’s. On their travels they focused on collecting older wood art objects among other things bringing pieces of the art and culture they spent time in back to the United States at the end of their journey. This ask is mid 1900’s or older – perhaps much older. The bird head has been broke and glued back on. The entire mask is splitting in half long ways but not the entire distance. This would of been a very large tree to make this mask and would of taken a very long time to make.
Condition: Ancient Authentic
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