Buffalo Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

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

Medium wood mask with open, crocodile jaws, encircled buffalo horns, and pigment.

Name/Title

Buffalo Mask

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.025

Description

Medium wood mask with open, crocodile jaws, encircled buffalo horns, and pigment.

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

21 in

Width

8-3/4 in

Depth

8-1/2 in

Material

Wood, pigment