Hawk Mask

Arts of Africa

Early/mid–20th century

Bwa
Burkina Faso
Northern Africa and the Sahel

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Artist: Bwa
Title: Hawk Mask
Place: Burkina Faso (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1975
Medium: Wood and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 127.6 cm (50 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 1970.103

“New Acquisitions,” African Arts, vol. 6, no. 76 (Autumn 1972), pp. 74-76 (ill.).
Clara Granzotto and Ken Sutherland. 2023. “Black, Red and White: Characterization of Painting Materials on a Group of Bwa Masks from Burkina Faso” Applied Sciences 13, no. 22: 12240.
https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212240

Henri Kamer (died 1992), Kamer & Cie, Paris and New York, N.Y., by 1970; sold to the Art Institute, 1970.

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