Wooden mask with plant fiber and bast fiber textile headdress

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Object Number 59-29-50/10211

Display Title Wooden mask with plant fiber and bast fiber textile headdress

Descriptions

Object Description Wooden mask (13.5" high)

Inventory Description Mask, carved wood anthropomorphic head, pigmented, burlap hood with fiber

Classification

Mask

Department Ethnographic

Date ca.1900

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nigeria

Additional Geographic Terms West Africa; Ibo-Ibibio country; Zuitem, in or near

Materials Wood, Burlap, Fiber, Pigment, Cane, Plant fiber, Copper

Dimensions Overall: 58 x 34 x 44 cm (22 13/16 x 13 3/8 x 17 5/16 in.)

Quantity 2

Label on object 59-29-50/10211

Provenance

Collector John Sargent Harris (1938-1939)

Collector Jack Harris (1939)

Dealer Nwokwukwu (1939)

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