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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