Mask

Object Number:

97-18-17

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Mossi

Provenience:

Burkina 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.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hill II

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