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Object Number 975-12-50/11835
Display Title Animal mask with triangular snout and circular horns; wood w/ polychrome
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, animal head, pigmented, crescent horns, snout, ears
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Bobo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Burkina Faso
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 58 x 36.5 x 25.4 cm (22 13/16 x 14 3/8 x 10 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 975-12-50/11835
Provenance
Collector Donald Deskey
Donor Donated by Donald Deskey (1975)

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