Mask

Object Number:

44-14-131

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Yoruba

Provenience:

Nigeria

Section:

African

Materials:

Wood
Pigment

Iconography:

Human Head
Cicatrisation

Description:

Wooden mask of human head. Unpainted except for black hair, lower eye lids and scarification markings on cheeks. Rounded face with wide nose and pronounced lips. Hair in three horizontal rolls.

Credit Line:

Collected by and Given by H. S. Oberly

Current & Past Exhibitions:

What In the World TV Program (01 Jan 1952 - 31 Dec 1952)

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