Anonymous Turka, Gouin or Karaboro artist
Statue
Burkina Faso
Early 20th century
Wood
Early 20th century
Wood
height 17 cm
height 6 3/4 in
height 6 3/4 in
Copyright The Artist
Photo: Flori Esser
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Provenance
Josef Herman (1911-2000), Suffolk, UK
Christie’s, Amsterdam, “The Josef Herman Collection of African Art”,
12 December 2000. Lot 85.
Thomas G.B. Wheelock, New York, USA, -until 2012
Sotheby’s, Paris, “Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie”, 12 June 2012. Lot 54.
Collection Jean-Louis Danis
Publications
Roy (Christopher D.) & Thomas G.B. Wheelock,
“Land of The Flying Masks, Art and Culture in Burkina Faso”,
The Thomas G.B. Wheelock Collection”, Munich/New York:
Prestel Publishing, 2007:269, N°226