Bwa
Rooster Mask (Kobiay)
Bwa, Didiro clan, 1900-1966
Scroll
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.
"Beyond Flight: Birds in African Art," Dec 20, 2017 - June 17, 2018, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
