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Yoruba Mask on Gourd by Yoruba culture
Yoruba Mask on Gourd by Yoruba culture
Yoruba Mask on Gourd by Yoruba culture
Yoruba Mask on Gourd by Yoruba culture
  • Yoruba culture
  • Yoruba Mask on Gourd
  • 19.5 x 11 x 13 in (49.53 x 27.94 x 33.02 cm)
  • Inv: 2023.1.68
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This mask is of typical Yoruba style and has traditional colors. The wooden mask itself is laced to a painted gourd. Around the juncture is a woven tie with cowrie shells attached and beneath this are bells. At the base of the gourd is another woven strip which is laced to it.

  • Collections: Permanent Art Collection, Wickstrom Collection of African Art

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