An African Wanyugon Firespitter Mask,
Senufu Ivory Coast, 20th Century,
Carved and painted wood.
H: 14 L: 39 5/8 W: 11 3/4 in.
Collection of Al Bright.

Alfred L. Bright, (American, 1940 -2019), aka Al Bright, was a well-known Mahoning Valley artist, advocate and educator.
Al was an art/painting professor at Youngstown State University, where he was a student and later taught in the Black Studies Department he founded. He was the first African-American full service faculty member at YSU, where he earned his Bachelors Degree in Art Education, Masters Degree in Painting from Kent State University and was a three-time recipient of YSU's Distinguished Professorship Award.
His artwork is featured in private and public collections both nationally and internationally

Multiple repairs to horns. Chips and losses to painted surface.