Mask Board - Wood - Burkina Faso (No reserve price)
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This 110 cm wooden Masque Planche is a Bwa mask from Burkina Faso, dating to the late 20th century, with Galerie/Antiquaire provenance.
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The population settled on both sides of the Black Volta in Burkina Faso and Mali, the Bwa are divided into three endogamous castes: blacksmiths, griots, and farmers. The Bwa believe in a god Difini, creator of the world, who later handed him over to his son Do. Do, whose emblem is an iron rhombus named alive, is believed to intervene during funerals and agricultural rites. Leaf masks are made by the villagers, only the Southern Bwa, the Nieguegue, produce wooden masks often zoomorphic, and the famous plank masks, abstract, representing the spirits of nature, the naw.
(C.Roy) Incarnating an spirit, this mask, abstractly evoking the calao bird, is crowned by a vertical plank and a female figure recalling the Gurunsi mask style. The mask bearer and his family worshiped the object through offerings such as millet beer, while invoking its protection. The surface bears symbolic geometric motifs.
Seller's Story
Totem Galerie– African Art Gallery is a space dedicated to the discovery and celebration of both traditional and contemporary African art. The gallery brings together a refined selection of sculptures, masks, ritual objects, and artworks from various African cultures and ethnic groups, reflecting the richness and diversity of artistic expression across the continent.
Each piece is chosen for its aesthetic quality, authenticity, and history, offering collectors, enthusiasts, and curious visitors an immersion into the symbolic and spiritual world of African art. Bridging tradition and modernity, Totem Galerie highlights ancient works full of meaning while also creating a dialogue with the contemporary creations of today’s African artists.
More than just a gallery, Totem Galerie is a cultural bridge where art becomes a medium of transmission, emotion, and universal dialogue.
Translated by Google TranslateThe population settled on both sides of the Black Volta in Burkina Faso and Mali, the Bwa are divided into three endogamous castes: blacksmiths, griots, and farmers. The Bwa believe in a god Difini, creator of the world, who later handed him over to his son Do. Do, whose emblem is an iron rhombus named alive, is believed to intervene during funerals and agricultural rites. Leaf masks are made by the villagers, only the Southern Bwa, the Nieguegue, produce wooden masks often zoomorphic, and the famous plank masks, abstract, representing the spirits of nature, the naw.
(C.Roy) Incarnating an spirit, this mask, abstractly evoking the calao bird, is crowned by a vertical plank and a female figure recalling the Gurunsi mask style. The mask bearer and his family worshiped the object through offerings such as millet beer, while invoking its protection. The surface bears symbolic geometric motifs.
Seller's Story
Totem Galerie– African Art Gallery is a space dedicated to the discovery and celebration of both traditional and contemporary African art. The gallery brings together a refined selection of sculptures, masks, ritual objects, and artworks from various African cultures and ethnic groups, reflecting the richness and diversity of artistic expression across the continent.
Each piece is chosen for its aesthetic quality, authenticity, and history, offering collectors, enthusiasts, and curious visitors an immersion into the symbolic and spiritual world of African art. Bridging tradition and modernity, Totem Galerie highlights ancient works full of meaning while also creating a dialogue with the contemporary creations of today’s African artists.
More than just a gallery, Totem Galerie is a cultural bridge where art becomes a medium of transmission, emotion, and universal dialogue.
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Ethnic group/ culture
Wood
Country of Origin
Burkina Faso
Period
Late 20th century
Material
Wood
Sold with stand
No
Condition
Excellent condition
Title of artwork
Mask Board
Height
110 cm
Width
29 cm
Weight
2.15 g
Provenance
Gallery / Antique dealer
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