Mask

Object Number:

21167A

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Edo (Africa)

Provenience:

Nigeria
Benin Kingdom

Section:

African

Materials:

Bronze

Description:

Human face; the nose elongated into a mudfish whose tail ends in a human hand. "Bells" around edge (some missing) - at top ...?

Credit Line:

Gift of Henry Ling Roth

Iyare: Splendor and Tension in Benin's Palace Theater (01 Nov 2008 - 01 Mar 2009)

[Journal] Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre Vol.: 50, No. 3. : Page/Fig./Plate: 40

[Book] Penn Museum. 2008. When in the World?/Calendar. : Page/Fig./Plate: Cover

[Book] Hall, H. U. 1922. "Great Benin Royal Altar". XIII, No.2 (June). pp. 105-168. : Page/Fig./Plate: 126