Object Number | 97-18-17 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Mossi |
Provenience | Burkina Faso Faso |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Pigment |
Technique | Carved | Painted |
Iconography | Bird | Antelope |
Description | Bird/Antelope . Protrusion of a crest from the base of the beak to the back of the mask. The object is decorated with a red and white pigment. Protruding eyes. The ornamentation of mask is of diamond and half diamond shapes. There are also three dots of red on the sides of the mask. |
Length | 49.5 cm |
Width | 14 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hill II, 1997 |
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