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Kanaga style dance mask
Kanaga style dance mask

Kanaga style dance mask

Artist Unidentified
about 1950
Object PlaceMali
Medium/TechniquePolychromed white and black wood with leather bindings and raffia ruff.
DimensionsOverall: 104.1 x 55.9 x 17.8 cm (41 x 22 x 7 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger
Accession number2008.1640
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMasks
Provenance1968, acquired in Ouagadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) by Carolyn and Eli Newberger, Boston; 2008, gift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger to the MFA. (Accession date: January 21, 2009)
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