Mask (landa)

Toma people, Southwestern Guinea, African

20th century

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Brown ovoid jar with single ear-shaped handle has short, narrow vertical foot and slightly flared lip. Body of jar has texture from impressed cord and modeled lizard form.
Collector number EWLE 32
Gold Weight in the Form of an Axe or Hatchet, Asante people or, Baule people, Akan group, Ghana or, Côte d'Ivoire, African, brass
Wood figure of Ptah-Soker-Osiris, the mummiform figure wears a tripartite wig and a short chin beard, on an integral plinth which was originally inserted in a separately made base, traces of polychrome preserved throughout.