Mask (Primary Title)
Abstract/Bird Helmet Mask (Former Title)

Unknown (Artist)

19th–20th century
Gurunsi
wood, paint, fiber
Burkina Faso
Overall: 7 × 6 3/8 × 20 in. (17.78 × 16.19 × 50.8 cm)
82.133
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
“Personae: Masks from Africa and New Guinea.” Richmond, VA: Virginia Commonwealth University, Anderson Gallery. 14 February – 21 March 1984.

“Images of Animals in African Art.” Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia, Bayly Art Museum. 1 February – 27 July 1997.

Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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