Mask

prior to 1970

Taking artistic license with the head of a majestic waterbuck antelope, this mask comes from a region where masquerades faded from use in the 1970s. Records indicate the masks once both caused and cured disease and misfortunes, marked rites of passage and became a focus of male competition.

Wood

26 x 7 x 8 in. (66 x 17.8 x 20.3 cm)

Gift of Mark Groudine and Cynthia Putnam

2010.44.4

Not currently on view

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