BWA SUN MASK 17

Photographs © Tim Hamill

BWA, SUN MASK 17, Burkina Faso, 30", $400, SOLD

This circular mask was danced to celebrate the farming season. It represents the sun, necessary with rain and the earth for growth. The strongly abstracted patterning shows the influence of Islamic teaching over the centuries.

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