Samo Mask

Samo (or Nunuma) mask from Burkina Faso, in the shape of a duck, the animal with open beak, jutting circular eyes, and large crest. Geometric, carved designs throughout. In wood, with fiber and cotton cord, wax, abrus seeds, beads, and indigenous poychrome. Provenance: Thomas Wheelock Collection. Published in Land Of The Flying Masks, Figure/Plate 166 (unpaginated) and page #415.