Face Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Front View of Face Mask
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