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Tusyan

Plank Mask (loniaken)

Tusyan, 1900

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Tusyan

Plank Mask (loniaken)

Tusyan, 1900

Physical Qualities Wood, fiber, pigment, hide, abrus seeds, mirrors, Overall: 70.5 x 43 x 21 cm. (27 3/4 x 16 15/16 x 8 1/4 in.) excluding fiber costume h: 44 in. (111.8 cm.) including raffia h: 56 in. (142.2 cm.) including rope
Credit Line Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida
Object Number 2002.712
"Meditations on African Art: Light," Dec 17, 2006 - Apr 1, 2007, BMA, Karen Milbourne.

"Beyond Flight: Birds in African Art," Dec 20, 2017 - June 17, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala.

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