Object Number | 29-12-155 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Nafaras |
Provenience | Ivory Coast |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Wooden mask colored reddish black. Vaguely hexagonal flat headpiece with and "X" in black. Rectangular and semi-circle protrusions on each side of the long narrow face. The three lines carved in these are similar to markings on the cheeks and at the sides of the mouth. Single wide band running horizontal across the forehead. Long thin nose and rectangular protruding mouth. The chin is pointed. Accentuated by cylindrical "leg-like" points extending 3 cm or so further than the chin. |
Height | 43.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929 |
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