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Mask

Object Number:29-12-133
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Baule
Provenience: Ivory Coast
Section:African
Materials:Wood
Height: 26 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929
Other Number:122 - Other Number

Description

Wooden mask colored black. Hair is parted into ten sections down to the ears. Eyebrows over slits for eyes, with slightly more carved definition around them. Group of six dot "scars" between the brows. Groups of twelve outside the eyes. Realistic nose and lips parted for a mouth. No chin to speak of.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Article] Plass, Margaret B. Dec 1957. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 21. no. 4. pg. 5-76 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 16View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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