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Female spirit mask (kpan)
Female spirit mask (kpan)

Female spirit mask (kpan)

Label TextDelicate, precise features portray the idealized head of a Baule beauty. She has finely coiffed hair, scarifications and a heart shaped face. Her role in the community was to appear in funerals as entertainment to honor prominent men.
Object number51.14
ProvenancePurchased from Altman Antiques; Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection, 1951
Published ReferencesHandbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections. Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 7 (b&w)
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions14 x 9 1/2 x 7 11/16 in. (35.6 x 24.1 x 19.6 cm)
MediumWood and pigment
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