Zoomorphic mask - Gurunsi - Burkina Faso - SOLD
This mask, from the Nouna village of Tigan, between Koudougou and Dedougou, represents a large female Koba antelope and is called koan. As is the case throughout Burkina Faso, such masks represent protective spirits from the bush, always closely associated with the spirits of ancestors, and which can take human, animal, or even monstrous characteristics. Such masks can perform on several occasions throughout the dry season from October to May, but they chiefly appear at the funerals of elders and at annual village cleansing ceremonies, when malevolent supernatural spirits are chased from the village.SpecsOriginEx private collection FrançaiseSize34 x 10 cmDatingCirca 1960Material(s)Wood
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This mask, from the Nouna village of Tigan, between Koudougou and Dedougou, represents a large female Koba antelope and is called koan. As is the case throughout Burkina Faso, such masks represent protective spirits from the bush, always closely associated with the spirits of ancestors, and which can take human, animal, or even monstrous characteristics. Such masks can perform on several occasions throughout the dry season from October to May, but they chiefly appear at the funerals of elders and at annual village cleansing ceremonies, when malevolent supernatural spirits are chased from the village.SpecsOriginEx private collection FrançaiseSize34 x 10 cmDatingCirca 1960Material(s)Wood