Face Mask

date

about 1850-1950

creation place

Africa, Gabon

medium & support

Carved wood painted with kaolin and pigment

measurements

11 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (29.21 x 16.81 x 14.61 cm)

credit line

David T. Owsley Collection

accession number

L2009.009.025

keywords

African religion, Africans, ceremonial mask, ceremonial object, civilization, clothes, clothing, costume, cult, culture, disguise, human being, materiality, nationality, non-Christian religion, race (human), religion, rite, ritual object, society, supernatural, tribal religion

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