Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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Art of Asia, Oceania, and Africa: July 2011–June 2012


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Mask in the form of a baboon

20th century
Artist Unidentified, African
Overall: 28.5 x 19 x 29 cm (11 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 11 7/16 in.)
Wood, teeth

Classification: Masks

Culture: African, Bobo peoples, Burkina Faso

Accession number: 2011.2115

Provenance/Ownership History: About 1967-1969, acquired in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (then Upper Volta) by Drs. Eli and Carolyn Newberger, Brookline, MA; 2011, gift of Drs. Eli and Carolyn Newberger to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2012)

Gift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger