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Bamana

Hyena Mask (Suruku) for Kore Masquerade

Bamana, 2000

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Bamana

Hyena Mask (Suruku) for Kore Masquerade

Bamana, 2000

Physical Qualities Wood, 23 x 9 13/16 x 6 11/16 in. (58.4 x 25 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Geneviève McMillan in Memory of Reba Stewart
Object Number 2008.154
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Geneviève McMillan, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Inscribed: On inside of mask, in white paint and in black ink: "BB3".

Culture

Bamana

2000–2000

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