Buffalo Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Buffalo Mask: Medium wood mask, divided symmetrically with red and black pigment, with open crocodile jaws and encircled buffalo horns.
Buffalo Mask

Medium wood mask, divided symmetrically with red and black pigment, with open crocodile jaws and encircled buffalo horns.

Name/Title

Buffalo Mask

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.021

Description

Medium wood mask, divided symmetrically with red and black pigment, with open crocodile jaws and encircled buffalo horns.

Use

Ritual

Context

Circumcision, initiation of chiefs, and funerals

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Chamba People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Sculptor

Date made

circa 1900 - 1930

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Cameroon

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Cameroon

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Chamba People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

Mask

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

18-1/2 in

Width

9 in

Material

Wood, pigment