Mask
69-15-10
From: Burkina Faso Faso | Burkina Faso
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 69-15-10 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bobo |
| Provenience | Burkina Faso Faso | Burkina Faso |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Paint |
| Technique | Carved | Incised | Painted |
| Description | Oval, large deep triangular open mouth; face in geometric abstract design with incised concentric circles for eyes, triangles and lines, small stubby ears. Top of mask elongates into a long snake covered with incised squares forming a checker board pattern; painted red, black, white; neck (?) stub at bottom. |
| Length | 24 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Museum Purchase, 1969 |
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