Landai Mask (Forest Spirit Mask)

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Landai Mask (Forest Spirit Mask): Carved wood face mask with slit eyes and mouth, large chin, and protruding brow with two horns above.
Landai Mask (Forest Spirit Mask)

Carved wood face mask with slit eyes and mouth, large chin, and protruding brow with two horns above.

Name/Title

Landai Mask (Forest Spirit Mask)

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.043

Description

Medium carved wood face mask with slit eyes and mouth, large chin, and protruding brow with two horns above.

Use

Ritual

Context

Poro Society Initiation Ceremony

Collection

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

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Toma People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Sculptor

Date made

circa 1900 - 1920

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Toma People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

21-1/2 in

Width

10 in

Depth

3 in

Material

Wood, Metal, Pigment