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Oval white face mask
Object Number 986-14-50/12070
Display Title Oval white face mask
Descriptions
Object Description Oval wooden mask. Relief carvings reveal dark wood on whitened wood in triangular design on cheeks, arches on brow, frames around slit oval eyes and stylized forehead with long widow's peak. Distinct ears carved on sides. Pinpoint holes (insect damage?) on face and forhead. Row of holes frame the edge. A split on top at edge.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human, ovoid, perforated, incised, and pigemented
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Igbo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Materials Wood, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 15 x 10 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/8 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Byron Harvey, III (1979-1986 - 1986)
Donor Byron Harvey, III (1979-1986 - 1986)

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