Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Nunuma. Mask, 19th century. Wood, 60 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (153.7 x 33.7 x 21.6cm) planklike trapezoidal section (fragment): 42 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (108.6 × 29.2 × 8.3 cm) curvilinear facial section: 27 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (69.9 × 31.8 × 23.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Drs. Israel and Michaela Samuelly, 1997.171. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Nunuma

Title

Mask

Date

19th century

Geography

Place made: Burkina Faso

Medium

Wood

Classification

Masks

Dimensions

60 1/2 x 13 1/4 x 8 1/2in. (153.7 x 33.7 x 21.6cm) planklike trapezoidal section (fragment): 42 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (108.6 × 29.2 × 8.3 cm) curvilinear facial section: 27 1/2 × 12 1/2 × 9 1/8 in. (69.9 × 31.8 × 23.2 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Drs. Israel and Michaela Samuelly

Accession Number

1997.171

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