Wooden mask decorated with paint, hair and fiber

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Object Number 2004.29.12778

Display Title Wooden mask decorated with paint, hair and fiber

Descriptions

Object Description written on board: "Africa / Ivory Coast / Dance mask of sculptured wood / with trace of red and black / polychrome. Beard and hair made of / hair and fiber. simian countenance / and prominent forehead."

Department Photographic

Culture

African

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Ivory Coast

Materials Print, black and white adhered to Paperboard

Dimensions Overall: 10.16 × 8.255 cm (4 × 3 1/4 in.)

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