Headdress Mask

Object Number:

60-23-1

Current Location:

Imagine Africa

Culture:

Yoruba

Provenience:

Nigeria

Section:

African

Materials:

Wood

Iconography:

Cicatrisation

Description:

Wooden mask like Gelede society masks. High hairdo terminating in a long braid hanging beyond left ear. Low conical base. Face painted red except eyes which are white outlined in black. Hair is black. Extremely crude. Modern

Height:

37cm

Width:

36.5cm

Depth:

28cm

Credit Line:

Gift of Stanley M. Newman

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum (18 Sep 2011 - Jan 2013)

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