Object Details
- Label Text
- The miniature mask belonged to someone who owned the same type of full-size face mask. It was carried, particularly when the owner traveled, to maintain contact with the spiritual power of the larger mask.
- Description
- Miniature wood mask with beak like nose and pointed chin and overall encrustation.
- Provenance
- African trader, Liberia, -- to 1965-1967
- Robert and Nancy Nooter, Washington, DC, 1965-1967 to 1980
- Exhibition History
- BIG/small, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., January 17-July 23, 2006
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Dan artist
- Date
- Mid 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert and Nancy Nooter
- Medium
- Wood, encrustation
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9.5 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm (3 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Mask
