Headdress mask thought to represent a hare. Made from carved wood, there are stylised features carved into the wood and represented with geometric shapes. [AB [OPS Move] 6/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Headdress mask thought to represent a hare. Made from carved wood, there are stylised features carved into the wood and represented with geometric shapes. [AB [OPS Move] 6/9/2016]
Long description: Wooden mask representing an animal, thought to be a hare. A carved opening at the mouth and a row of holes all around the base, three of these holes contain wooden pegs. Traces of white pigment on the ears. [ZM 20/05/2013]
Geographical reference: Burkina Faso
Africa > Western Africa > Burkina Faso
Cultural groups: Bobo
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Berkeley Galleries
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1965
Date collected: By 1965
Acquisition information: Purchased: 1965
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Process Perforated, Process Carved, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height: max 375 mm, Depth: max 180 mm, Width: max 158 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1965.8.2B
Associated publications: Listed as number 14 on page 6 of Art from the Guinea Coast (Pitt Rivers Museum, Illustrated Catalogue No. 1), Oxford: Pitt Rivers Museum (1965): 'VOLTAIC REPUBLIC. 14. Head dress mask probably representing a hare, from Bobo-Diulasso. Bobo-Fing tribe (1965.8.B2.) (37.9 cm.)' Also illustrated in black and white in unnumbered plate V. (For details of exhibition, see under 'Display History'.) [JC 12 9 2013]

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