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Buffalo mask

20th century
Object PlaceCameroon
Medium/TechniqueWood, kaolin
DimensionsOverall: 63.5 x 31.8 x 16.5 cm (25 x 12 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.313
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMasks
Provenance1978, acquired in Cameroon by Charles Davis, The Gallery of Primitive Man, New Orleans; March, 1978, sold by Davis to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
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