Animal Mask | Yale University Art Gallery

19th to mid-20th century

Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 27 × 8 × 7 in. (68.6 × 20.3 × 17.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Lee, B.A. 1957, M.A. 1959
Accession Number: 2018.55.10
Geography: Black Volta River region, Burkina Faso
Culture: Nunuma or Winiama
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Masks
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Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, between 1964–69; Robert Lee, to 2018; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2018.pdf (accessed December 1, 2018).

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, masks (costume)

animals

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