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Mask with cowrie-shell decoration
Mask with cowrie-shell decoration

Mask with cowrie-shell decoration

Maker Dan
Object number72.68
Provenance[Mountaga D. Bocoum, Bamako, Mali and New York, New York]; sold to Richard Fuller (1897-1976), Seattle, Washington; gifted to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1972
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
Dimensions14 7/8 x 10 9/16 x 5 3/8 in. (37.8 x 26.8 x 13.7 cm)
MediumWood, cowrie shells, cloth, fiber, and teeth
Photo: Paul Macapia
Dan
1850 - 1980
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Wee
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Dan
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Congolese
Object number: 2001.49
Photo: Paul Macapia
Ejagham
1973
Object number: 81.17.1977
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20th century
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Congolese
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