Face Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Front View of Face Mask: Wood face mask with metal teeth, protruding eyes, and attached animal hair and raffia
Front View of Face Mask

Wood face mask with metal teeth, protruding eyes, and attached animal hair and raffia

Name/Title

Face Mask

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.012

Description

Medium wood face mask with metal teeth in an open mouth, protruding red eyes, pronounced cheek bones/temples, raffia encircles the mask, and animal hair is attached to either side of the nose.

Use

Ritual

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Dan-Guere People

Attribution

Attributed to

Date made

circa 1930

Place

Region

Ivory Coast–Liberia

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Dan-Guerre

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Ritual

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

11 in

Depth

6 in

Material

wood, pigment, animal hair, raffia