E1488: African Masked plastic tarp costumed figure

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E1488

Classification Category:

8:Communication Artifacts ➞ Art/Folk Art

Marks/Labels:

None

Materials:

colorant ➔ paint
botanical ➔ wood
synthetic ➔ plastic

Dimensions:

49.3 cm L
14.8 cm W

Production Date:

1980s

Source Locality:

Bought from market in Botswana but was maybe made in NW Ghana

Acquisition Date:

1985

Description:

Based on our current knowledge of the costumed figure, we believe that they may have been used to bring someone a sort of wish like granting them fertility or even death. Though we aren't sure what this costumed doll may be for.

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