Mask

78-14-1

From: Cameroon

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 78-14-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cameroon
Section African
Materials Wood | Brass
Description

Wooden face mask of rounded form with open mouth, lozenge-shaped eyes, short nose, lug ears and lower lip. Domed top-knot coiffure with squared hole at very top. Three bands of metal nails attached to brow under which are two half-dome brow marks. One metal nail centered in each eye. Two full length splits, one through left temple, one behind right ear. partial cracks elsewhere on face.

Height 36 cm
Width 28 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Djiby Djigue, 1978

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