Untitled

Art

-

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

2001.78

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, pigment

Context

The Fang culture's face mask are used in different number of masquerades performed in the villages. This mask contains the same characteristics of masks that used for the connection to the ancestral realm. From the formal qualities it tells what the mask was used for. The white clay on the mask suggests that it is associated with the spirits of the dead because in Fang culture and many African cultures white represents the spiritual realm or ancestral realm. The white clay in this culture is used by the healers to make the connection to the ancestral realm.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of the May Weber Foundation

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown artist

Notes

Creation Date: no date

Ethnography

Notes

Africa (Gabon) Africa

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

Fang (culture or style), Central African (cultural or regional style), African (general, continental cultures), ceremonial masks, masks (costume), costume (mode of fashion), ritual objects, ceremonial objects, object genres (object classifications), ancestors (family relationships), people (agents)

Hierarchy Name

Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Object Genres (hierarchy name), People (hierarchy name)

Facet

Styles and Periods Facet, Objects Facet, Agents Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

overall

Width

6 in

Depth

3 in

Length

10 in