Crest mask with wings
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Dec 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 1990 to 1999
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Carved wooden helmet in the shape of a bird head with round eyes and a beak. Extending from the crest are the tail and wings. The wood appears to be covered with clay and painted red, white, and black. Perimeter holes.
label: Notes
content: Notes from collector, Allen Davis: Purchased from Mamadou Keita, African Art Dealer based in New Jersey in 1990s. Crest Mask with Wings from Burkina Faso.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Burkina Faso, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2082637
label: USNM Number
content: E435351-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 70 cm
label: Width
content: 22 cm
label: Height
content: 22 cm