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Object type
mask
Materials
wood
Legend
The Bo Nu Amuin mask was used by a secret male society of the Baule in the Ivory Coast. They went out at night when there was less risk of women seeing them and they protected the villages from the harmful acts of medicine men.
Place of collecting
Côte d'Ivoire
Culture
Baule
Acquisition related person
Augusta Van Campenhout, as seller
Date of acquisition
1973-03-09
Dimensions
25,2 cm x 60,1 cm x 23,3 cm
Inventory number
EO.1973.14.6
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