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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