Baboon Face Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

"Baboon" Face Mask: Incised wood mask in the shape of a double oval, with notched nose, protruding eyes and mouth with two teeth.
"Baboon" Face Mask

Incised wood mask in the shape of a double oval, with notched nose, protruding eyes and mouth with two teeth.

Name/Title

"Baboon" Face Mask

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.109

Description

Medium, incised wood mask in the shape of a double oval, with notched nose, protruding eyes and mouth with two teeth.

Collection

Jonathan A. Campbell & Tanya G. Dowdey African Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Bamum People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1920

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Cameroon

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Cameroon

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Bamum People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

6 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Bone