Mask

29-35-11

From: Ivory Coast

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-35-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Dan
Provenience Ivory Coast
Section African
Materials Wood
Description

Wooden mask colored dark reddish black. Broad projecting forehead with a vertical crest and a line horizontally across the top. Triangle cut outs for eyes. Triangular nose. Cheeks are triangles projecting upward from the face. Projecting jaw with detachable lower jaw which has a tongue on it.

Height 29.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Mrs. Lena H. White, 1929

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