Mask

65-23-1

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 65-23-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Dan
Provenience Liberia
Section African
Materials Hair | Wood
Description

Wooden mask colored black. Protruding forehead with nail bent downward toward a central ridge to the nose. Eyes are narrow slits with incised lines for eyebrows, on nose, and on top of flaring nostrils. Narrow mouth covered with monkey fur moustache. Mask pierced around the edge.

Height 9 cm
Length 24.5 cm
Width 15 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. David Van Pelt, 1965

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