mask
- Museum number
- Af1971,24.16
- Description
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Man's face mask with articulated jaw into which thin strips of wood are embedded to represent teeth; it is painted black and white and evidently portrays a woman with two pig-tails, one over each ear.
- Dimensions
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Height: 17.80 centimetres
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Width: 15 centimetres
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Depth: 9.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- (Register comment by John Picton on nos.14 to 17)
Ogoni masks. These masks are for another masked performance of which I have seen photographs in the archives of the Lagos Museum, but I know nothing more. The Ogoni inhabit the region immediately south-east of Port Harcourt.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1971
- Acquisition notes
- Af1971,24.1 to 18 is (with the exception of the last) a collection of African carvings purchased from M. Djioum Samba.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1971,24.16