Mask

Object Number:

29-12-138

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Bakota

Provenience:

Gabon

Section:

African

Materials:

Wood

Iconography:

Guardian Spirit

Description:

Wood, coloured black. Represents animal with mouth open showing teeth (?) everted along jaws, pendant pointed tongue

Height:

24.7cm

Credit Line:

Purchased from J. Laporte

Mask Parade (31 Oct 1947)

[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret. 1957. African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery. : Page/Fig./Plate: 16

[Article] 1947. Masks. The University Museum Bulletin. 13:1 : Page/Fig./Plate: 12