Mask
76-10-1
From: Burkina Faso
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 76-10-1 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Mossi | Bobo |
| Provenience | Burkina Faso |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood |
| Iconography | Man | Woman |
| Description | At bottom a round face with open lozenge mouth. On tall board above the mask, raised horizontal nands of triangles alternately red and black (white left in background). In the field of triangles two large lozenges of fine cocentric ridges. A pair (male and female) of standing figures surmount the board. Short carrying handle at bottom. |
| Length | 222 cm |
| Width | 38 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Muhammed Gueye, 1976 |
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