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Object Number 975-12-50/11815
Display Title "Very fine old ceremonial mask with swept back horns(?) and hollow circular mout
Descriptions
Object Description "Very fine old ceremonial mask with swept back horns(?) and hollow circular mouth." Traces of kaolin. Black patina. Wood. 14"h
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face with horned headdress, perforated, peg back
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Baulé
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 16.4 x 32.8 x 18 cm (6 7/16 x 12 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 975-12-50/11815, 35,000
Provenance
Collector Donald Deskey (1975)
Donor Donald Deskey (1975)

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