Face Mask of Woman with Basket

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Face Mask of Woman with Basket: Medium carved wood face mask depicting a female with heart-shaped face, V-shaped slit eyes, and with geometrically decorated basket on head.
Face Mask of Woman with Basket

Medium carved wood face mask depicting a female with heart-shaped face, V-shaped slit eyes, and with geometrically decorated basket on head.

Name/Title

Face Mask of Woman with Basket

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.011

Description

Medium carved wood face mask depicting a female with heart-shaped face, V-shaped slit eyes, and with red and white geometrically decorated basket on head.

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Baka People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Sculptor

Date made

circa 1950

Place

Country

Cameroon

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Cameroon

Continent

Africa

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

14 in

Width

6 in

Depth

4-1/2 in

Material

wood, pigment

Provenance

Notes

"This mask was purchased in an antiquarian shop in Doala, Cameroon, owned by an old Frenchman. It is made from very hard wood, reportedly made by the Baka Pygmies living in the rainforest of southeastern Cameroon." - Dr. Jonathan Campbell