Mask
Object Details
- Notes
- Carved wooden mask covered with red fabric that was soaked with a dark substance. There is no nose, but two nostrils, and two aluminum teeth.
- From donor (about whole set of masks, catalog numbers 436281 through 436887): Miniature Masks, predominantly Dan and Bassa, Liberia. Wood. All collected in Liberia, ca 1970, by Blake Robinson; vetted by William Siegmann, the foremost expert on Liberian art; some vetting numbers remain on back. Each with much use evident in wear and patina.
- Record Last Modified
- 26 Sep 2019
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Dan
- Bassa
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Accession Date
- 7 Nov 2019
- Collection Date
- 1970
- Accession Number
- 2077558
- USNM Number
- E436550-0
- Collector
- Blake Robinson
- Donor Name
- Mona Gavigan
- Object Type
- Mask
- Length
- 10 cm
- Width
- 5 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Place
- Liberia, Africa
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- Anthropology
- Topic
- Ethnology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_15049883
- Usage
- CC0
