Wooden mask
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- Title:
- Wooden mask
- Date:
- 1900
- Description:
- Tall wooden mask with a rectangular box for the head. The top portion depicts a female figure below a perched bird with a downward thrusting arrow. Origin is either Dogon or Mossi people of Burkina Faso.
- Collection Title:
- Muriel and Marcus Zbar Collection
- Contributing Institution:
- Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
- Media Type:
- Objects
- Topical Subject:
- Mossi (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, Mossi (African people)--Costume, Masks--Burkina Faso, Dogon (African people)--Rites and ceremonies, and Dogon (African people)--Costume
- Geographic Subject:
- Africa, Sub-Saharan, Africa, West, Mali, and Burkina Faso
- Shelving Locator:
- 1996.001.014
- Date Digital:
- 2010-01-20
- Digitization Specifications:
- 300 dpi; Nikon D80 camera; archival images in .tif and .nef formats.
- Internet Media Type:
- image/jpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital image copyright 2010, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
- Admin ID:
- 33562
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