Mask
MOA: University of British Columbia
3420/36
Mask with flat oval white face with a red line down the centre through a horizontal diamond with cutout eye holes. A vertical superstructure extends up from the face mask as well as a small horned animal. The panel has cutouts and has a small human at top, above four curved X's. Reverse painted solid black with white X's. Holes around face mask where fibre would have been attached.
- Type of Item mask
- Culture Mossi
- Material wood, paint
- Measurements height 134.8 cm, width 16.7 cm, depth 13.7 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Richard Tchuemegne
- Received from Richard Tchuemegne, Michael O'Brian Family Foundation, Museum of Anthropology Exhibitions Budget
- Made in Burkina Faso
- Ownership Date before February 5, 2020
- Acquisition Date on February 5, 2020
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3420/0036