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Wooden helmet mask, human face with large antelope horns (42" high)
Wooden helmet mask, human face with large antelope horns (42" high)
Object Number 60-56-50/10449
Display Title Wooden helmet mask, human face with large antelope horns (42" high)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved wooden mask, human face with long antelope horns, painted, perforated.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Mossi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Sudan
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa: Sudanese Republic; Sudan
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 37 x 19 x 30 cm (14 9/16 x 7 1/2 x 11 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 60-56-50/10449

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