Face mask, discoid, wood. Stylized human face at center with slits for eyes. Flat band framing face. Keystone shaped carvings incised into band. Yellow and red coloration. Perforations in sides for hanging. Diameter 16.0 cm, Height 2.4 cm. From Africa, Nigeria, Eket, Ibibio. Possible tourist reproduction.
Donor:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Eket Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Collector:
Irwin Hersey
Collection date:
1983
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions