A Vagala or Tampulma dance mask.
Like the Gurunsi, these animal masks represent bush spirits. The mask's role is important during ceremonies at the end of the initiations and funerals. Ghana, 115 cm high, wood (VJ)
Provenance:
H. Koller, St. Gallen; Zemanek 25/02/2006, lot 90.
Reference:
Thomas Wheelock, Land of the Flying Mask, no. 97.
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Like the Gurunsi, these animal masks represent bush spirits. The mask's role is important during ceremonies at the end of the initiations and funerals. Ghana, 115 cm high, wood (VJ)
Provenance:
H. Koller, St. Gallen; Zemanek 25/02/2006, lot 90.
Reference:
Thomas Wheelock, Land of the Flying Mask, no. 97.
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