mask
- Museum number
- Af1954,23.868
- Description
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Register 1954
Carved wood, miniature face-mask with human nose and curved beak, surmounted by a four-legged stool on which stands the upper part of a human skull.
- Dimensions
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Height: 29.60 centimetres
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Width: 10 centimetres
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Depth: 10.70 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Af1954,23.865 to 878 were all registered as made by the Ogoni (often called Kana) in the Niger Delta.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1954
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1954,23.868
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: 127242 (Wellcome Collection Number)