| Object Number |
82-1-1 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Ekoi | Ejagham |
| Provenience |
Nigeria |
| Date Made |
1900-1982 |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood | Skin | Pigment |
| Iconography |
Female Head |
| Description |
Wooden mask with basketry base. Hide covering face and hair. Neck grooved. Reddish face with painted line down it. Parted lip, open mouth, "teeth" showing. Black lidded eyes, white with black triangular pupils. Short nails studded part above forehead. Five hornlike projections, carved in fluted style. |
| Height |
75 cm |
| Width |
43 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from the Estate of Mr. Christian Humann, 1982 |
| Other Number |
L-635-1 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| Quick, Jennifer. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 1st ed. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2004. Page/Fig./Plate: 26 |
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| Washington, Jemmell'z. "Explore the Treasures of Africa at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, in The Philadelphia Tribune - Sojourner." . ( Apr 2004): 14-1525. Page/Fig./Plate: 25 |
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| Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. Page/Fig./Plate: 2, 68-69 |
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| Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News." . (21 Nov 1986): 1-15. See: A15 |
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| Horne, Lee C. Introduction to the Collections of The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1985. See: p. 14 |
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| University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Postcard: Ekoi Dance Crest, Used in Ceremonies of Women's Eberge Society. H. K. Barnett. |
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| Winegrad, Dilys P. Through Time, Across Continents. The University Museum, 1993. See: p. 191, fig. 139 |
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