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Double-firespitter mask, with one square and one round muzzle. Wood, "old patin
Double-firespitter mask, with one square and one round muzzle. Wood, "old patin
Object Number 975-12-50/11803
Display Title Double-firespitter mask, with one square and one round muzzle. Wood, "old patin
Descriptions
Object Description Double-firespitter mask, with one square and one round muzzle. Wood, "old patina." Said to be "a rare variant style." Exhibited" Museum of Primitive Art, N.Y. (n.d.)
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, double headed, with open mouth, horns, painted.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1975?
Culture
  • Senufo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Mali
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 65 x 33 x 33 cm (25 9/16 x 13 x 13 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 975-12-50/11803

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