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Koffi Djereba and Nafana

Female Mask (Bedu)

Nafana, 1967

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Female Mask (Bedu)

Nafana, 1967

Physical Qualities Silk cotton tree wood, pigment, 180 H x 75.5 W x 14 D cm.
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Gift from the Collection of Albert D. and Esther Lazarus Goldman; Gift of Howard B. Marshall; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John J. McCavitt; Gift of A. Harvey and Phyllis K. Schreter; and Gift of Daniel Solomon, M.D.
Object Number 2003.66.2
Elongated hexagonal face similar to male with cheek incisions reversed, and semi-circular cheek painting divided horizontally with back above and red below; surmounted by three posts resting upon a ledge just above the face; surmounted by a large disk whose outer circle is carved with eleven trapezoid projections, with four pierced crescents within the disk demarcating alternating red and black semi-circles, with outlining in between with rows of alternating red and black dots.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Exported by Drid Williams from Ivory Coast in 1970; performed in a ceremony in Tambi in 1969; commissioned from artist by Drid Williams in 1968
BMA. African Spirit Series brochure 2004-2005. ill.

Artist/Maker

Koffi Djereba

1994-01-01 00:00:00

Nafana, died c. 1994
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