Mask; long necked mask with finely carved human face with three curved horns; paint on face includes orange, light blue, black and purple; four lacing holes at base of neck have plaited raffia (?) cordage through them; head is split in back and has geometric designs carved out and painted; hole in back at base of head. Worn on top of head by dancer. Height 37.4 cm.
Donor:
James Gilbert Paltridge
Collection place:
Umaka village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Igbo (ibo); Niger River; Oweri; Umaka village
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama