Nuna people
De Nuna people, anaa Nunuma, be subgroup for de Gurunsi people for Southern Burkina Faso insyd, dema estimated population be 150,000, den Ghana. Dem know de Nuna secof dema masks.[1] De group dey speak de Nuni language.[2]
Culture[edit | edit source]
Dem distinguish Nuna art in particular by ein very colorful masks - red, white den black - statuettes for clay den wood insyd, stools den jewels, generally dem destine make dem honor de ancestors.
![Bird mask[3]](/wiki/File:Masque_Nunuma-Burkina_Faso.jpg)
![Butterfly mask[4]](/wiki/File:NunaMask.jpg)
![Sculpture from the Léo region[5]](/wiki/File:Nuna_sculpture_Louvre_70-1998-6-1.jpg)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ African and Oceanic Art in Jerusalem: The Israel Museum Collection Douglas Newton - 2001 "The largest subgroup are the Nuna, with the smaller Nunuma, Winiama, Kisena, and Lela on their borders. ... sirigi ("Mother of Masks") of the Dogon, and the karanga masks of the Mossi former kingdom of Yatenga, in northern Burkina Faso."
- ↑ Studies in Kasem Phonetics and Phonology - Page 19 A. K. Awedoba - 2002 -"... classified by Bendor-Samuel (1971) as 'Northern Grusi' together with three other closely related languages: Nuna or Nuni (also referred to as Nunuma or Nounouma), Lyele and Pana. These, its closest 'cousins', are spoken in Burkina Faso.
- ↑ Musée du quai Branly
- ↑ National Museum of African Art
- ↑ Musée du Louvre, Pavillon des Sessions