Mask

Headdress Mask

97-18-16

From: Mali

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 97-18-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Mali
Provenience Mali
Section African
Materials Wood | Leather | Animal Hair
Technique Carved
Iconography Antelope
Description

Chiwara antelope mask. Mother antelope with baby antelope on its back. Both have straight horns extending upward. Horns of large antelope are tipped with leather with tufts of animal hair attached at the top. Carved designs on faces of animals.

Height 84 cm
Length 27 cm
Width 6.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hill II, 1997

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