Mask
MOA: University of British Columbia
3123/36
Bronze mask. Chin is pointed, with a small, protruding mouth showing several teeth. Small legs(?) emerge from the sides. Cheeks are hollow between a narrow nose and long, square ears, with large rimmed eyeholes above. Brow is heavy, with defined eyebrows. A snake slithers down the long rounded forehead between two large, flat, curving horns. The interior of the mask is hollow. Object is covered with green corrosion.
- Type of Item mask
- Culture Senufo
- Material bronze metal
- Measurements height 25.5 cm, width 19.2 cm, depth 8.0 cm (overall)
- Previous Owner Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
- Received from Cornelia Hahn Oberlander
- Made in Cote d'Ivoire, Mali
- Ownership Date before July 22, 2015
- Acquisition Date on July 22, 2015
- Item Classes metalwork
- Condition fair
- Accession Number 3123/0036