Bovine Helmet Mask

Unidentified Senufo maker

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early 20th century

Wood and brass

Overall: 15 in. (38.1 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection

2019.97.4

Geography

Place Made: Cote d'Ivoire, Western Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Ceremonial Artifact: Mask

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

African Art: A Teaching Exhibition, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Anthropology 44, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 31-December 6, 1998.

Correspondences: African Sculpture at the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 12, 1996-March 2, 1997.

Provenance

Ex-collection Hans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Germany; acquired by Harry A. Franklin (1904-1983), Los Angeles, California, date unknown; bequeathed to the Harry A. Franklin Family Collection, Los Angeles, California, 1983; lent to present collection, 1996; given to present collection, 2019.

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