Plank Mask (Luruya)
Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.
Catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago as “Plank Mask (Luruya)”, dated Late 19th or early 20th century. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.
| People / culture | Bwa |
|---|---|
| Country | Burkina Faso |
| Common name | Plank Mask (Luruya) |
| Materials | Wood and pigment |
| Dimensions | 63.5 × 20.4 × 15.3 cm (25 × 8 × 6 in.) |
Wright Gallery, New York, N.Y., by 1983 [originally collected by William Wright in Upper Volta, according to object inventory card of R. Faletti, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Jeffrey Hammer and Deborah Stokes, Chicago, Ill., by 1983 [this and the following according to object inventory card of R. Faletti, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Richard and Barbara Faletti, Chicago, Ill, May 14, 1983; given to Joan Faletti Scottberg; given to the Art Institute, 2000.
| Collection | The Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Accession number | 2000.313 |
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/155955
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