Mask: Buffalo

Nunuma or Winiama blacksmith

19th–20th century

Not on view

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Title: Mask: Buffalo
Artist: Nunuma or Winiama blacksmith
Date: 19th–20th century
Geography: Burkina Faso, Ouri village (?), Black Volta River region
Culture: Nunuma or Winiama peoples
Medium: Wood, pigment
Dimensions: H. 15 x W. 11 in. (38.1 x 27.9 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Thomas G.B. Wheelock, 1996
Object Number: 1996.457
Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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