Mask, wood, helmet style, Below a single large bird, four smaller individual birds inserted in wings. Resembling a traditional staff that is used to give incentive and reward to boys who work in the fields. Acquired personally in 1990 from El Hadj in the Senoufo tribal village of Korhogo, Cote d’Ivoire, Africa. ca 1940's. Museum-exhibited in 1995.
24” h x 12” w #AGV234