Antelope Mask
Unidentified Mossi-Nyonyosi maker
late 19th-early 20th century
Wood
Overall: 34 in. (86.4 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Harry A. Franklin Family Collection
2019.97.1
Geography
Place Made: Burkina Faso, Western Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Not on view
Exhibition History
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
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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