About this artwork
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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Status
- On View, Gallery 137
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Department
- Arts of Africa
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Culture
- Bwa
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Title
- Plank Mask (Luruya)
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Place
- Burkina Faso (Object made in)
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Date
- 1867–1933
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Medium
- Wood and pigment
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Dimensions
- 63.5 × 22.9 × 14 cm (25 × 9 × 5 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Joan Faletti Scottberg, the Faletti Family Collection
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Reference Number
- 2000.313