Object Number | 97-18-18 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bobo |
Provenience | Burkina Faso Faso |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Technique | Carved | Painted |
Description | Painted with brown, black and red pigment. Eye slits. Hole for mouth. Large oblong ears, they stick straight up. Horn extend from the top of mask and curve back, striped with black pigment, and have red tips. Red pigment is also found in mouth, nostrils, and eyes. Black pigment is also found at the edge of crest and around the mouth. Also on the outside of the ears. |
Length | 64 cm |
Width | 20.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hill II, 1997 |
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