Mask
Date19th Century
Modern PlaceGabon, Central Africa, Africa
MediumWood, kaolin
ClassificationsSculpture
DimensionsThe four faces vary in height:
8¼ in.
21.0 cm
13½ in.
34.3 cm
11½ in.
29.2 cm
8½ in.
21.5 cm
8¼ in.
21.0 cm
13½ in.
34.3 cm
11½ in.
29.2 cm
8½ in.
21.5 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund, General Endowment Fund, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, Conrad H. Smith Fund
Object number1983.24
DescriptionFour-faced helmet mask, each head of a different size with arched eyebrows and pierced slit eyes, the whole colored white with kaolin.On View
On view
early 19th Century
19th/20th Century
130/160 A.D.
19th Century
1920/1930
19th/20th Century
1875/1925
1850/1950
19th/20th Century
19th/20th Century
19th/20th Century
early 20th Century