Hook

African

  • Titles Hook (Descriptive)
  • Medium iron
  • Dimensions 11 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 1/4 in. (30.2 x 9.8 x 0.6 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mortimer B. and Sue Fuller, 2006.119
  • Work Type hook
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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Kneeling Female Figure, Yoruba people, Nigeria, African, stone and cowrie shells
Nesting Baskets, Lobi people, Côte d'Ivoire, African, fiber, leather, string, metal, wood
Face mask with rabbit features. Narrow vertical oval ears painted red with white interiors; protruding conical black eyes surrounded by concentric black rings with white pigment in-between; protruding open triangular mouth/snout, painted black, adorned with small incised triangles painted white and red. Oval perimeter of back of mask pierced with multiple holes to enable attachment of mask to dancer's head as well as attachment of fiber costume. This type of mask is worn by men during funeral or initiation ceremonies. Animal masks commemorate encounters that people have had with ancestors who appeared in the form of an animal.
Wide, black vessel has narrower vertical cylindrical neck; body has crown motifs made from impressed points and neck has impressed points forming triangles.