Mask
Date1875/1925
Modern PlaceZaire, Central Africa, Africa
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensions6 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 20 1/2 inches (16.51 × 21.59 × 52.07 cm)
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund for African Art
Object number79.37
DescriptionMask in the form of a stylized elliptical human face. Cranium recedes sharply from facial plane and is bisected by a tubular crest. Lozenge shaped ears extend laterally from browline. Almond shaped eyes with scarification bars below. Rectangular mouth, incised triangular motif encir- cles the face.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 2, African, Gallery 2
19th Century
early 20th Century
1879
c. 1860
17th/18th Century
1873
900 BC
before 1915
6th Century BC
11th Century