Wooden mask depicting a face with a protruding nose and mouth. The face has a large, smooth forehead, a unibrow with incised vertical lines, and oval-shaped eyes with curved rectangular-shaped holes bored through the wood. Raised and incised linear and geometric patterns around the forehead resemble hair. There appears to be a headdress on top of the hair, with two bird-like animals standing/sitting on it. Six holes are carved out of the back side of the mask, with wire looped through the holes to serve as a hanging mechanism.

• Narrative

  Purchased by the Kelowna Museum (now the Okanagan Heritage Museum) in 1991.

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• Type of Item mask
• Culture Baule
• Material wood, stain
• Measurements height 47.1 cm, width 15.3 cm, depth 8.6 cm (overall)

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• Previous Owner Okanagan Heritage Museum
• Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum

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• Made in Cote d'Ivoire

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• Ownership Date before September 14, 2022
• Acquisition Date on September 14, 2022

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• Condition good
• Accession Number 3595/0007