Karanga Mask
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: Very long carved wood mask. The carved face is covered in clay and red pigment. There are two small holes for eyes and decorative holes on the face. From the crown protrudes an impala-like head with horns, painted with brown stripes, and an extremely long body and tail.
label: Notes
content: Notes from collector, Allen Davis: Purchased from Mamadou Keita, African Art Dealer based in New Jersey in 1990s. Karanga Mask, Northern Mossi, Burkina Faso.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 13 Sep 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Burkina Faso, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mossi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2082637
label: USNM Number
content: E435359-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 184 cm
label: Width
content: 17 cm
label: Height
content: 14.5 cm