Face Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Face Mask: Wood mask with twine-bound movable jaw, horns, orange pigment circle on forehead
Face Mask

Wood mask with twine-bound movable jaw, horns, orange pigment circle on forehead

Name/Title

Face Mask

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.026

Description

Medium wood mask with twine-bound moveable jaw, prominent flat nose, horns with orange pigment, and an orange circle on the forehead.

Use

Ritual

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Igbo People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1890

Time Period

19th Century

Place

* Untyped Place

Nigeria

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Igbo People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Search Terms

mask, tribal

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

10-1/2 in

Width

7 in

Depth

4-1/2 in

Material

Wood, Pigment, Fiber