Nimba Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Nimba Mask: Large, carved, wood stylized female, with four slender legs, pendulous breasts and enlarged head, beaked nose, and elaborate coiffure
Nimba Mask

Large, carved, wood stylized female, with four slender legs, pendulous breasts and enlarged head, beaked nose, and elaborate coiffure

Name/Title

Nimba Mask

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.148

Description

Large, carved, wood stylized female, with four slender legs, pendulous breasts and enlarged head, beaked nose, and elaborate coiffure.

Use

Ritual Dance

Context

Agricultural

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Baga People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1900 - 1935

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Guinea

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Guinea

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Baga People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

76 in

Width

22 in

Depth

39 in

Length

29 in

Material

Wood, Tacks