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Face Mask with Hornbill Bird Crest (Kpelie)
Face Mask with Hornbill Bird Crest (Kpelie)

Face Mask with Hornbill Bird Crest (Kpelie)

Date19th century?
Object number67.110
ProvenanceR. Duperrier, Paris, France, 1954; [Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York, New York]; sold to Richard Fuller (1897-1976), Seattle, Washington; gifted to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1967
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions13 13/16 x 7 1/16 x 3 7/16 in. (35.1 x 18 x 8.8 cm)
MediumWood
Mask:  Io society (Kpelie)
Senufo
Object number: 68.7
Face mask (Kpelie-yehe)
Ivorian
Object number: 81.17.259
Wan-rulugu (hornbill) mask
Burkina Faso
Object number: 81.17.111
Funeral Head mask (Kponungo)
Senufo
Object number: 81.17.265
Cote d'Ivoire, Senufo
20th century
Object number: SC2009.1.5
Single-faced Crest mask
Nigerian/Cameroonian
Object number: 81.17.508
Crest Mask (Zamble)
Ivorian
Object number: 51.48
Bush Cow Crest
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.544
Face mask (Kpeli-yehe)
Ivorian
Object number: 81.17.262
Photo: Scott Leen
Igbo
Object number: 2005.65
Photo: Paul Macapia
First Nations, Nuxalk
ca. 1880
Object number: 91.1.34