Bwa Mask Lot n° 42

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.