Object Details
- Description
- Wood face mask with crest, projecting square block mouth, red and white stripes
- Exhibition History
- The Language of African Art: A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. 1976-1978
- Published References
- Robbins, Warren. 1976. The Language of African Art: A Bicentennial Exhibition from the Museum of African Art. Washington, D.C.: Museum of African Art, p. 34.
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Art Gallery. 1970. African Art. Amherst: University of Massachusetts, p. 46, no. 102.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Songye artist
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lawrence Gussman
- Medium
- Wood, paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 32.1 x 20 x 16.2 cm (12 5/8 x 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Mask
