Untitled

Sculpture

DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

Untitled

Entry/Object ID

2001.91

Description

This bush cow mask was used by the Tzara society of the Chamber culture of Nigeria. The mass was mostly used in a dance-rite to insure the passage of a deceased person's spirit into the place of the dead instead of remaining in the place of the living. This helmet mask was seen as a community protector of evil and illness.

Artwork Details

Medium

Wood

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of DePaul Art Museum, gift of the May Weber Foundation

Made/Created

Artist

Unknown artist

Notes

Creation Date: no date

Ethnography

Notes

Chamba Nigeria, Africa Africa Nigeria

Lexicon

Getty AAT

Concept

Chamba (Nigerian), Adamawa-Eastern branch styles, Niger-Congo language groups styles, Northeastern Nigerian styles, West African (general), African (general, continental cultures), helmet masks, masks (costume), costume (mode of fashion), protection (maintenance function), maintenance, functions (activities)

Hierarchy Name

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

Facet

Styles and Periods Facet, Objects Facet, Activities Facet

Dimensions

Width

28.575 cm

Depth

34.29 cm

Length

55.88 cm

Exhibition

Human Bodies in the Spirit World: African Sculpture from the Weber Collection

Interpretative Labels

Label

Untitled Unknown Horn tips broken