| 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
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| [Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 2, 68-69 |
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