Mask
69-15-9
From: Burkina Faso
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 69-15-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bobo |
| Provenience | Burkina Faso |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber | Pigment |
| Iconography | Human Face |
| Description | Large round human faced mask. Protruding lips, wooden pegs for teeth. Top of head forms tall crest with abstract bird(?) Mask will cover entire head of the wearer. Long modern rafia fringe attached completely around base. Mask is a Souna Rui mask. |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1969 |
| Other Number | 58-1-12 - Other Number |
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