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Rooster Mask (Kobiay)

Bwa, Didiro clan, 1900-1966

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Bwa

Rooster Mask (Kobiay)

Bwa, Didiro clan, 1900-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, leather, pigment, paint, 65 H x 18.5 W x 28 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of John Clayton Davis, Alexandria, Virginia
Object Number 1998.596
Rooster mask with large rectangular jaw, a peg underneath, a large circular cockscomb and two vertical 'ears.'
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; bought by father, Allen Davis, from a dealer in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in 1969-1970, and shipped to Baltimore in 1971.
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