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Object Number
995-31-50/12566
Display Title
Mask
Descriptions
Object Description
Mask of rectangular form with grooved red-pigmented mouth under two rectangular eye frames adjacent to broken ears and beneath a square brow with a black and white triangular design; a pair of pointed black horns project at the top of the head; suspended through holes around the edge of the mask is a natural and dyed raffia coiffure
Inventory Description
Carved wooden mask, rectangular cut-outs, painted, with horns, woven fiber hair.
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960 or earlier
Culture
- Dogon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Mali
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 55.5 x 18 x 16.5 cm (21 7/8 x 7 1/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-31-50/12566
Provenance
Collector
Allen C. Davis
(4/60 - 12/28/95)
Donor
Allen C. Davis
(4/60 - 12/28/95)
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