Extension Mask – Bird

Burkina Faso, ethnic group Bobo, 2nd half of 20th century, polychromed carved wood, decorated with geometrical décor, height 92 cm These mask was wearing on expurgatory types of ritual ceremonies which served to maintaining the balance between gods and human. Annual march of masks was supposed to accompany the dead’s souls to the empire of ancestors. Expertise of Mgr. J. JirouskováExpertise of Mgr. J. Jirousková