Mask

Dan people, Liberia, African

20th century

  • Titles Mask (Descriptive)
  • Medium wood
  • Dimensions 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (10.8 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Benita S. Baird and Ronald E. Barab, 1987.113.1
  • Work Type mask
  • Classification Costume

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Headdress in the form of a female head
Blackish-brown amphora shaped vessel has narrow bottom and handles. Raised scalloped pattern descends from ridge at shoulder. Double vertical rows of raised dots connect shoulder to bottom of vessel at four places.
Round vessel with brown and orange coloring has roulette pattern just under rim and incised lines radiating from rim to shoulder.
Female figure