Mask

Object Number:

AF5373

Current Location:

Imagine Africa

Culture:

Toma

Provenience:

Liberia

Section:

African

Materials:

Wood

Iconography:

Human Face
Bird Beak
Arabic Inscription

Description:

Wooden Poro Society mask. Human face with beak of bird. Maghrebi Arabic inscription inside including at least five divination charts.

Height:

53cm

Width:

20cm

Depth:

12.7cm

Credit Line:

Purchased from the Quinn Estate

Other Number:

1530

Field No SF

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

[Catalogue] Fleckner, Uwe. 2008. The Invention of the 20th Century: Carl Einstein and the Avant-Gardes. : Page/Fig./Plate: 50-51

[Book] Ferme, Mariane C. 2001. The Underneath of Things: Violence, History, and the Everyday in Sierra Leone. : Page/Fig./Plate: Front Cover

[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret. 1957. African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery. : Page/Fig./Plate: 22