Mask

AF4696

From: Ivory Coast

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF4696
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Dan
Provenience Ivory Coast
Section African
Materials Wood | Cowrie Shell
Description

Wooden mask dark in color. Forehead gradually jutts to a rounded point at the top. Bulging eyes with long narrow slits. Wide triangular nose. Mouth is a protruding diamond shape with cowry shells for teeth. Boad chin with many perforations for the connection of fringe or a beard. Something must've been tacked to the top of the forehead and under the eyes. Ther circular indentations of tacks are still there.

Height 24 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Kelekian, 1917

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