Mask
MOA: University of British Columbia
3123/17
Wooden 'passport mask'. Face has a pointed chin, wide cheeks, and a thick forehead pointed at top and rounded throughout centre. Eyes are small slits cut through the wood, surrounded by carved upper and lower lids, slightly inset. Small rounded ears protrude from the edges of the mask. Nose has a narrow bridge that widens at the nostrils, and the lips of the open mouth protrude. The edge of the mask contains three holes per side, bored through the wood. Back of mask is concave and undecorated.
- Type of Item mask
- Culture Dan
- Material wood
- Measurements height 22.0 cm, width 14.2 cm, depth 7.3 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
- Received from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
- Made in Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire
- Ownership Date before July 22, 2015
- Acquisition Date on July 22, 2015
- Condition good
- Accession Number 3123/0017