Mask Passport

Wolof · Senegal

Reference: MPS-7

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Height
30 cm
Material
Wood and pigments

Morecra wood color with geometric drawings and black prunes on the forehead and perpendicular stripes on the cheeks as scarifications. Elongated and pointed ear upwards. On…

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Morecra wood color with geometric drawings and black prunes on the forehead and perpendicular stripes on the cheeks as scarifications. Elongated and pointed ear upwards. On the head two black horns one on each side and two other, brown, separated by a break at the junction level. At the bottom side fins serve as support. Pointy nose and triangular mouth. It is part of a couple.

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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