Mask
29-35-22
From: Cameroon
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 29-35-22 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bafut |
Provenience | Cameroon |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Technique | Incised |
Description | Wood. Blackened, except hair (arranged transversely in two lobes or pads), eyebrows, outline of eyes, chevron representing interior of ear, nostrils, mouth (open showing teeth), vertical incisions representing hairs of beard. Broad, flat face. Frontal with no holes for attachment or vision. |
Height | 34.7 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Mrs. Lena H. White, 1929 |
Other Number | 73684 - Other Number |
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