Mossi

Rooster Cap Mask with Costume

Mossi, 1900-1932

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Mossi

Rooster Cap Mask with Costume

Mossi, 1900-1932

Physical Qualities Wood; fiber; black, white, red pigments, 46 7/16 × 32 5/16 × 12 5/8 in. (118 × 82 × 32 cm.)

Credit Line Gift of Allen Davis, Alexandria, Virginia

Object Number 1995.220

Mask with crest, round ears, small protruding cylindrical eyes, sharp nose, beak and chin

Culture

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2000–2000

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HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY BE AS THIN AS THIS? MY DEAR FRIEND, YOU SHOULD NEVER COME TO THE SWIMMING POOL WITHOUT WEARING LONG COTTON PANTS. - AND YOU, MY FRIEND, DON'T EVER SHOW YOURSELF TO THE WORLD IN THIS COSTUME WITHOUT HAVING UPHOLSTERED YOURSELF BEFORE.... I CAN GIVE YOU THE ADDRESS OF MY UPHOLSTERER.

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Est-il permis d'être maigre comme ça?... Mon cher ami, vous ne devriez jamais venir aux bains Deligny sans vous mettre de mollets en coton. - Et vous, mon bon, n'allez jamais dans le monde avec ce costume-là sans vous être préalablement fait capitonner... je vous donnerai l'adresse de mon tapissier.

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