Senufo
Textile
Senufo, 1933-1966
Scroll
Senufo
Textile
Senufo, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Cotton, black pigment, Overall: 131.5 x 74 x 0.1 cm. (51 3/4 x 29 1/8 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
Object Number
2002.604
Strip woven in seven strips with a variety of figures wearing costumes and masks (two horned and snouted masks, one double-snouted mask, and four cloth masks), several reptilian and aquatic creatures, with a central strip of two serpents. A dentate border around the perimeter. A few circles and smaller creatures scattered throughout.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Bernice Barth from her husband, Arthur H. Barth; Arthur H. Barth Primitive Art, Beverly Hills, CA; purchased in Europe in the 1960s