Mask
68-2-9
From: Cameroon
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 68-2-9 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Cameroon |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Leather | Iron | Pigment |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Iconography | Bovine |
| Description | Wood, dark. Mask in form of bovine head. Deformed, squat, rounded, fluted horns. Traces of yellow, blue and white paint in flutes. Oval eyes with traces of blue paint. Projecting ears, details indicated (stylized). Thin strip forehead to muzzle. Open mouth, teeth indicated, white incrustation traces of yellow paint in nostrils. Iron ring around left horn. |
| Length | 28 cm |
| Width | 25 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mr. Baba Kaban, 1968 |
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