Object name: Wooden mask / Culture or time period: Western African cultures - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-8004, described as Ancestor mask; miniature anthropomorphic, wood; incised lines as hair. Height 8 cm. Width 5.5 cm. Used for magic.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-8008, described as Ancestor mask; miniature anthropomorphic, wood; extremely pointed top head; prominent nose and lips; deeply carved eyes; height 12.5 cm, width 6.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-14357, described as Mask; face mask representing human female; “hair” of plaited jute twine; round eye holes; brown-stained patinated face; perforated around edges. Once found in every Dan village and usually inherited in a family line, such masks were worn by the male custodians who supervised the daily activities of the young boys being trained in the initiation school of the “Poro” society. Cost $130.00. Height at back 23.8 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-8006, described as Ancestor mask; miniature anthropomorphic, wood; two aluminum teeth; pointed chin; incised lines as hair. Height 9 cm. Width 5.5 cm. Used for magic.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-8007, described as Ancestor mask; miniature anthropomorphic, wood; prominent nose, lips and ears; incised half circles as eye brows and hair; holes top edge of head; height 11 cm, width 7.5 cm

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-7251, described as Mask, natural wood finish, teeth, moustache, hair to point on top, ears. Length 34 cm. Width 22.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-4166, described as Wood mask; painted black with red and black striped horns; red and yellow striped snakes with black dots pendant from horns.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-8002, described as Mask; miniature anthropomorphic, wood; iron teeth, ears and three hair-like projections; incised designs side of face; holes for raffia edges. Height 24 cm. Width 16 cm. Used for ancestor magic.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-14358, described as Mask; face mask representing human male; slit eyes; black-stained wood; perforations around edges. Male mask used in “Poro” society rituals. Cost $120.00. Length at back 24.2.