Animal mask with military button eyes

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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

Materials Wood, Metal, Pigment

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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