Mossi, Burkina Faso: A plank mask with two antelope heads. Type: Yatenga
The Mossi are a large ethnic group in central Burkina Faso (9 million). From about 1000 AD onwards they were organised in ‘sacred kingdoms’ that still exist today as ‘local authorities’ with kings and royal courts (Ouagadougou, Yatenga, Ouahigouya, etc.).
The Mossi people have a rich, variegated repertoire of masks. The present Mossi mask is a typical example of Yatenga style: the concave oval mask face displays a vertical, accentuated ridge and angular eyes. Attached to the mask face is an antelope head with two horns and geometric relief decoration. The second antelope head constitutes the upper end of the high plank crest of the mask, decorated with geometrical relief on the front and back. This second antelope head, with geometrical relief decoration, is additionally decorated with indigo coloured fabric laces and a collar made of plant fibres. The mask is carved from a single piece of light-coloured, lightweight wood and coloured white, black, red and blue.
In the Yatenga territory, to the northeast of the city of Ouahigouya, these masks ‘dance’ for the fertility of the fields on the occasion of harvest festivals and during funerals. A beautiful, typical object with very good, old usage patina, especially on the inside of the mask. Minor age-related damage (colour scuffed, some pieces broken off of the right eye and on the back rim). First half of the 20th century; H: 112 cm. (ME)
Lit.: ‘African Art in American Collections’ by Robbins & Nooter, ill. 112, 114.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
05.11.2014 - 13:00
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EUR 1.250,-
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EUR 2.000,- do EUR 2.400,-
Mossi, Burkina Faso: A plank mask with two antelope heads. Type: Yatenga
The Mossi are a large ethnic group in central Burkina Faso (9 million). From about 1000 AD onwards they were organised in ‘sacred kingdoms’ that still exist today as ‘local authorities’ with kings and royal courts (Ouagadougou, Yatenga, Ouahigouya, etc.).
The Mossi people have a rich, variegated repertoire of masks. The present Mossi mask is a typical example of Yatenga style: the concave oval mask face displays a vertical, accentuated ridge and angular eyes. Attached to the mask face is an antelope head with two horns and geometric relief decoration. The second antelope head constitutes the upper end of the high plank crest of the mask, decorated with geometrical relief on the front and back. This second antelope head, with geometrical relief decoration, is additionally decorated with indigo coloured fabric laces and a collar made of plant fibres. The mask is carved from a single piece of light-coloured, lightweight wood and coloured white, black, red and blue.
In the Yatenga territory, to the northeast of the city of Ouahigouya, these masks ‘dance’ for the fertility of the fields on the occasion of harvest festivals and during funerals. A beautiful, typical object with very good, old usage patina, especially on the inside of the mask. Minor age-related damage (colour scuffed, some pieces broken off of the right eye and on the back rim). First half of the 20th century; H: 112 cm. (ME)
Lit.: ‘African Art in American Collections’ by Robbins & Nooter, ill. 112, 114.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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Datum: | 05.11.2014 - 13:00 |
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