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Mask and Vest Representing a Fulani Woman (Bede)

Dogon, 1933

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Dogon

Mask and Vest Representing a Fulani Woman (Bede)

Dogon, 1933

Physical Qualities 2003.342.1: Raffia, cloth, cowrie shells, glass beads, plant fiber, metal, hair 2003.342.2: Raffia, cloth, cowrie shells, plant fiber, plastic, wood, encrusted gourds, Overall (.1 mask): 36.8 x 24.1 x 22.9 cm. (14 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 9 in.) Overall (.2 vest): 38.1 x 24.1 x 11.4 cm. (15 x 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida, in Honor of Frederick Lamp, Curator, Arts of Africa, Asia, The Americas & Oceania, 1981-2003
Object Number 2003.342.1-2
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2003; Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida; Allen Davis, Alexandria, Virginia; purchased from collector, Wilfred Krager
African Reinstallation, "Modern Masquerade," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.

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