MSSU African Art Exibit : The MSSU African Art collection features a variety of authentic works of art from various tribes located throughout Central Africa. The objects in the collection range from mundane day to day grooming tools to ritualistic masks and statues.
Title:
Helmet Dance Mask
Object Name:
Mask, Ritual
Other Name:
Mask, Dance, Helmet
Place of Origin:
Ejagham, Ekoi, Nigeria, Africa
Provenance:
Aboriginal Indigenous Art.
H = 17"
W = 10"
D = 10"
Description:
Wooden helmet dance mask covered in skin, rounded dome shaped hat, square open eyes and mouth, wedge—shaped nose, crescent—shaped ears covered with skin, knobs on sides of jaws and forehead, cracked skin along frontal edge.
Collection:
Finley Collection
Material:
Wood W/Stain
Used:
Ritually Used
Technique:
Carving
Owned:
Art Department, Missouri Southern State University
Accession#:
2014.1.4
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