Object Number | 29-12-153 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Dan |
Provenience | Ivory Coast |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood |
Description | Wooden mask colored black. Rectangular headpiece two rows of four cones protruding from the piece. Flanking the long narrow face is Semi-circle, rectangle, and triangle all incised with multiple lines. Lines are repeated diagonally down from the middle of the nose. Diamond-like mark on the forehead. Double curved eyebrows joining up into the long thin nose. Gradually protruding mouth with lips and double rows of teeth. The chin is pointed with two "leg-like" points extending from the side of the mouth and on passed the chin. |
Height | 35.8 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929 |
Other Number | 139 - Other Number |
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