MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Fetish Mask, (Komo Society Mask).
Object Name:
Mask, Ritual
Other Name:
Mask, Fetish
Place of Origin:
Bamana (Bambara), Mali, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 28"
W = 10"
D = 14"

Barquart, P. 65

African Masks — Iris Hahner Herzog, Plate (Chapter 2) — P. 5
Description:
Crocodile fetish mask with horned animal, quills and cloth, attached to a heavily libation covered fetish, with a long open snout, exposing jagged teeth. Reddish brown areas on side, with black horns, black cloth over beginning of open mouth. Quills extend from top of mask and from nose, up through forehead area.
Collection:
Finley Collection
Material:
Wood W/Blood, Horn, Cloth, String, Porcupine Quills
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Carving / Weaving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2014.1.43
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