Untitled

Sculpture

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

2001.124

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood, pigment

Context

The Mambila culture is a group of people indigenous to Cameroon and Nigeria. In Cameroon the religious followed in their culture are largely based in Islam and Christianity. However Mambila indigenous religion is still practiced as well. A main focus in some of the traditions connected with the indigenous religion include commemorating and remembering ancestors through sculpture. This particular mask was used twice a month at ceremonies where the waxing and aging of the moon was done for agriculture rites.

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul University, gift of the May Weber Foundation

Made/Created

Artist

Unidentified Mambila artist

Notes

Creation Date: no date

Ethnography

Notes

Mambila Cameroon, Africa Africa Cameroon Africa, Cameroon

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

Mambila (culture or style), Benue-Congo, Niger-Congo language groups styles, Northeastern Nigerian styles, West African (general), African (general, continental cultures), ceremonial masks, masks (costume), costume (mode of fashion), agriculture (discipline), biological sciences, natural sciences, science (modern discipline), disciplines (concept)

Hierarchy Name

Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Disciplines (hierarchy name)

Facet

Styles and Periods Facet, Objects Facet, Activities Facet

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Whole

Width

14.605 cm

Depth

15.875 cm

Length

38.735 cm