Vessel

Gurunsi people, Lela people, Burkina Faso, African

Mid to late 20th century

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Dark brownish-black vessel has round bottom and narrower neck with parallel raised bands; body has incised horizontal abstract design.
Round, red-orange vessel has wide mouth; shoulder has glossy surface and bottom two-thirds has matte, buff-colored surface with faint roulette texture.
Dark brown, ovoid vessel narrows at neck; body covered with bands of incised diagonal lines and herringbone pattern.
Helmet mask for Gelede society in form of a male head with white face and black beard, with complex superstructure of a European male with rifle shooting at a python that is attacking a giant chicken