African art Karan-wemba mask, Mossi Burkina Faso . . Cm 22,00 x 111,00. Elongated wooden mask made by the Mossi people in the Yatenga style. The circular face appears, as typical of these masks, with only two holes for the eyes and divided in a perfectly symmetrical way by a serrated nose-like structure that goes down from the forehead, to the chin. This specimen still keeps the decorative raffia around the face. Above the head a pair of horns and a tall structure ending in a human figure.NOTE – For a similar specimen see: Sdotheby's, Paris 11th of June 2008, Lot 93.