Hawk Mask

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Date

Early/mid–20th century

Medium

Wood and pigment

Dimensions

128.3 × 33.1 × 22.3 cm (50 1/2 × 13 × 8 3/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Face Mask

Possibly Bwa (also spelled Boa) Uele region, Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa

Plank Mask

Bwa Dossi, Burkina Faso Northern Africa and the Sahel