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Wè and Kran

Horned Mask

Wè or Kran, 1900-1932

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Horned Mask

Wè or Kran, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, hide, china, nails, rattan, 36 x 24 x 30 cm.
Credit Line Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida
Object Number 2002.720
Large over-hanging forehead; huge, broad nose; tubular eyes capped with disks of china; two short, arched horns; open mouth under bottom of mask, ringed with hide and painted red.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Alan Davis, Arlington, Virginia

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2000–2000

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