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Description : Bwa Hawk Mask, Burkina Faso duho Wood, natural pigments Width 57in (149cm) Provenance William Wright, The Wright Gallery, New York Thomas G.B. Wheelock Collection, New York Roberta and Lance Entwistle, Paris/London Important Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1992 Published Anderson, Martha G., and Christine Mullen Kreamer, Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine - African Art and the Wilderness, The Center for African Art, New York, 1989, p. 120, no. 78 Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste, The Tribal Arts of Africa, Thames & Hudson, London, 1998, p. 68, no. 6 Exhibited Wild Spirits, Strong Medicine - African Art and the Wilderness: Center for African Art, New York, NY, 10 May - 20 August 1989; Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 21 September - 22 November 1989; The Lowe Art Museum, The University of Miami, Miami, FL, 14 December 1989 - 28 January 1990; The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, 18 February - 30 April, 1990; The Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 15 September - 1 December 1990 Christopher Roy notes, 'Bwa wooden masks represent a number of characters in the myths of their families and clans. Masks represent numerous animals including the antelope, bush buffalo, monkey, and bush pig. Water-dwellers include the crocodile, and fish of several types. The serpent, and insects including the butterfly appear, as do birds including hawks and vultures. Several human characters appear, including the leper, and the crazy man and his wife. Other masks represent bush spirits that take supernatural forms. [. . .] The bird masks and butterfly masks are the most abstract, consisting of a broad, horizontal plank, decorated with large concentric patterns. The mouth projects from the center and there is a large hook representing the hawk's beak or circles representing the patterns on the butterfly's wings.' (Roy, Christopher, Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Alain et Francois Chaffin, Paris, 1987, pp.270-73) Cf. Ibid. figs. 226-228
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