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THBDyo Mask, Bwa People, Burkina Faso
Lot 138
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$15,000 - $30,000
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Mar 23, 2022
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2022-03-23 17:30:00
2022-03-23 17:30:00
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A lively selection of new-to-the-market pieces from private collections are presented along with hundreds of artworks from our extensive storerooms. Paintings and drawings by and attributed to master artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Picasso, Warhol, Basquiat, Monet, and Chagall. 500 Gallery info@500gallery.com
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- Lot Description
Bwa People, Burkina Faso: Mask representing Dyo, Carved wood and pigments. Late 19th/early 20th century. The mask comes with a custom-made steel display stand.
The Bwa people use art as an aid in maintaining balance between their lives and the powerful forces of nature, called Dyo. These masks were worn at important rites and events. At funerals, their presence was required for the safe passage of the dead between this realm and the next.
The mask imagery, a combination of geometric abstract patterns and animal/bird/human features, are based on local references to the relationships of lineages or clans to the Dyo.
A comparable mask appears in AFRICAN ART MASTERPIECES, George Nelson Preston, Page 111, Plate 46.
Dimensions: 51H; 62 on stand (inches)
Provenance: Private collection.
NOTE: Please inspect the photos, which supplement the written description and show the condition of this lot.
51H; 62 on stand (inches)
Please inspect the photos, which supplement the written description and show the condition of this lot.Good condition with signs of use and age; worn patina; wood cracks and desiccation; some tribal repairs made with iron bands/cleats.Condition
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