Mask

29-12-168

From: Dahomey | Benin

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-12-168
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Dahomey | Benin
Section African
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

Wooden mask coloured pink, except that lips are red and black, eyes are outlined in black, and face marks are black. The headdress is three tiered with white and black dots. The domed crown of the headdress is red.Face marks: three vertical strokes on forehead, three diagonal on cheek, and one vertical on chin.

Height 30.1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. Laporte, 1929
Other Number 154 - Other Number

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