Mask Passport
Wolof · Senegal
Reference: MPS-6
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- Height
- 32 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments
Wooden mask with patina of time. Geometric drawings with black dots adorn the forehead and two nefgra vertical stripes as scarification on either side of the…
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Wooden mask with patina of time. Geometric drawings with black dots adorn the forehead and two nefgra vertical stripes as scarification on either side of the cheeks. Ears elongated upwards, attached to the face. Eagle nose and triangular mouth. A black horn on either side of the head. In the central part of the head rises a kind of inverted "V", brown. Two small side fins come out of the neck as a stirrup.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Senegal. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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