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Crest mask

Crest mask

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Artist
Unknown (Burkinabé, Winiama People)
Title
Crest mask
Date
early to mid-20th century
Medium
Wood, pigment, and fiber
Dimensions
25 3/4 x 8 7/8 x 13 in. overall
Credit
Gift of Edie and William Swift
Accession No.
2025.14.11
Classification
Decorative Carving
Geography
Burkina Faso

Related

<span>1971, collected by Bokari Koita; W.E. Fitzgerald (Chicago, IL); H. Bruce Greene II and family (Naples, FL); 7 June 2007, sold by Heritage Auction Galleries (Dallas, TX) [African &amp; Oceanic Art Signature Auction #645, lot 48071] to Edie Swift (Fitchburg, WI); August 2025, gifted by Edie and William Swift (Fitchburg, WI) to the Chazen Museum of Art</span>

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