Object Number | AF4697 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Dan |
Provenience | Ivory Coast |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Wooden mask colored black. Forehead slopes out to a rounded point at the top. Bulging eyes with long narrow slits. Left upper lid is broken off. Cone shaped nose with nostril hole. Thick lips showing a small tongue. Chin drops away at a ninety degree angle. There are perforations for attchments of fringe or a beard. Ther are marks around the forehead and down the center of it with the indentations of tacks. |
Height | 27.5 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from Kelekian, 1917 |
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