Koffi Djereba and Nafana
Female Mask (Bedu)
Nafana, 1967
Scroll
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.