Koffi Djereba and Nafana
Male Mask (Bedu)
Nafana, 1967
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Silk cotton tree wood, pigment, 140 H x 59 W x 10 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
2003.66.1
Elongated hexagonal face with semi-circular red section at each cheek and a V-shaped black section at top, with three applied protruding circles indicating two red eyes and one black mouth, with an inscribed cross on the proper left cheek, and an inscribed horizontal line on the proper right cheek; surmounted by a rectangular block set upon a raised ledge just above the face; surmounted by a large circular form at the top, with a slight gap at its top, indicating bovine horns.
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.
On View: Wurtzburger, Gallery
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