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Object Number 2006.32.11
Display Title Animal mask with military button eyes
Descriptions
Object Description Animal mask with large open mouth, teeth; red pigment in mouth, ears; military button eyes
Inventory Description Mask, shape of animal head, open square mouth, teeth, metal button eyes
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Senufo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Ivory Coast
Dimensions Overall: 44 x 26 x 31 cm (17 5/16 x 10 1/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2006.32.11
Credit Line Gift of Harvard University Art Museums
Provenance
Collector Lilian Hertzberg
Collector Benjamin Hertzberg
Donor Harvard University Art Museums (10/11/06)

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