Face Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Face Mask: Wood face mask with high forehead, elongated nose, sunken closed eyes, protruding mouth, and with yellow-tan pigment overall with black stylized hair and black accenting the eyes and mouth.
Face Mask

Wood face mask with high forehead, elongated nose, sunken closed eyes, protruding mouth, and with yellow-tan pigment overall with black stylized hair and black accenting the eyes and mouth.

Name/Title

Face Mask

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.007

Description

Medium wood face mask with high forehead, elongated nose, sunken closed eyes, protruding mouth, and with yellow-tan pigment overall with black stylized hair and black accenting the eyes and mouth.

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Fang People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1980

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Gabon

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Gabon

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Fang People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

15 in

Width

8 in

Depth

6-1/2 in