Bwa Mask
Burkina Faso, region of Hounde
Wood and pigment - 41 x 107 x 19 cm
Provenance:
European private collection
Published:
Henri Kramer, Opper-Volta, Brussels, 1973, pp.40-41, ill.
Exhibited:
Opper-Volta, Brussels, Studio 44, 5 - 23 September 1973, cat.14
The bird masks and butterflies are the most abstract, consisting of a broad, horizontal plank, decorated with large concentric patterns. (Roy, 1987:270)
Nature spirit mask in the Do pantheon, the Duho mask represents the hawk. Despite its impressive size and shape, the dancer depicts the movement and behavior of a hawk.