Mask

95-22-1

From: Ivory Coast

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 95-22-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Guro
Provenience Ivory Coast
Section African
Materials Wood | Pigment
Technique Carved | Painted
Iconography Animal
Description

Multi-colored animal mask with protruding mouth, human-like nose and eyes and two animal horns. The basic color is black; tongue is red with well-arranged white teeth; the nose is circled yellow; eyes black surrounded by red with white outline; horns are colored white, yellow, blue, black and red.

Height 42 cm
Length 13.2 cm
Width 11.5 cm
Depth 11.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Klaus, 1995

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