Unknown African
Portrait Mask of a Male

CultureBaule peoples
Titles
  • Portrait Mask of a Male
Date1900–1930
PlaceCote d'Ivoire
PlaceIvory Coast, Africa
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire
MediumWood
Dimensions12 3/8 × 7 1/8 × 3 1/2 in. (31.4 × 18.1 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund
Object number2007.1572
Non exposé

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceEmil Storrer, Zurich; Dr. Max and Mrs. Berthe Kofler-Erni, Basel; [Entwistle Gallery, London and Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 2007.

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