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Horned and Beak-Shaped Bearded Mask:  Poro Society
Horned and Beak-Shaped Bearded Mask: Poro Society

Horned and Beak-Shaped Bearded Mask: Poro Society

Maker Dan
Object number67.104
Provenance[Mathias Komer, New York, New York]; sold to Richard Fuller (1897-1976), Seattle, Washington; gifted to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1967
Published ReferencesMcClusky, Pamela. African Art: From Crocodiles to Convertibles in the Collection of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1987; cat. no. 14, pp. 26-27, reproduced (as Mask).
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions27 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (69.8 x 24.7 x 17.5 cm)
MediumWood with pigment
Mask: Poro Society
Dan
Object number: 68.48
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Dan
Object number: 68.46
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Dan
Object number: 68.47
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
20th century
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Mask (Ntomo society)
Bamana
19th-20th century
Object number: 81.17.16
Dan
Object number: 81.17.195
Photo: Paul Macapia
Dan
Object number: 81.17.196
Photo: Paul Macapia
Dan
1850 - 1980
Object number: 81.17.197.1
Miniature mask
Dan
Object number: 81.17.202