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Plank Mask (Luruya), Bwa, Late 19th or early 20th century
Bwa

Plank Mask (Luruya)

Late 19th or early 20th century · Mask

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Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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About the sculpture

A specific group of families controls the production and performances of this type of abstract wooden plank mask with geometric designs in red, black, and white. Stemming from the village of Boni and belonging to the Bondé family, this mask was performed in honor of a historic ancestor. He was a person of short stature and is remembered as a masterful hunter who spent long periods of time alone in the forest.

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Particulars

Accession number
2000.313

What it shows

MasksHunterAncestorsForests

In the catalog

SculptureWoodImpressionismModernism20th centuryBwaArts of AfricaAfrican ArtNorthern Africa and the SahelBurkina Faso

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