Object Details
- Description
- Wood face mask with protruding forehead and large triangular nose. Nose and cheeks covered in red pigment with a band of blue paint around eyes. Rectangular cloth amulet in center of forehead. White metal rims on eyes, and a disk on each cheek. Dark raffia beard.
- Provenance
- African trader, Liberia, -- to 1965-1967
- Robert and Nancy Nooter, Washington, DC, 1965-1967 to 1968
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Wee artist
- Date
- Mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter
- Medium
- Wood, cloth, raffia, skin, metal, paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 34 x 17.1 x 14 cm (13 3/8 x 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Mask
