Romuald Hazoumé
Borloro (Mask)

Borloro (Mask)
Borloro (Mask)
Borloro (Mask)
CultureBeninese
Titles
  • Borloro (Mask)
Date1996
MediumFound plastic container, metal bell and wire, shells, and synthetic hair
Dimensions13 3/4 × 11 × 7 in. (34.9 × 27.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jean Pigozzi
Object number2005.165
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist; Jean Pigozzi; given to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 3 February - 5 May, 2013.
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