African mask or hanging totem

6 x 13", Carved wood.

A painted wooden mask or totem that resembles masks from West Africa, though, a bit less detailed. There is a strand of yarn on a nub of wood the sticks out from the mask's head. The shape of the mask resembles the outline of turtle's back with a head protruding. 2009 Accession.

1960s

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