Wooden mask

Museum number:
5-14363
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014363
Accession number:
Acc.3852
Description:
Mask; wood dance mask, zoomorphic; hinged lower jaw, carved teeth; eye slits; dark-stained wood; lacing holes. Dance mask, said to be Dan, but closely resembles 5-5466, which is Kran. Height at back 34.5 cm.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Ivory Coast; Dan attr.
Culture or time period:
Dan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-14363, described as Mask; wood dance mask, zoomorphic; hinged lower jaw, carved teeth; eye slits; dark-stained wood; lacing holes. Dance mask, said to be Dan, but closely resembles 5-5466, which is Kran. Height at back 34.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-14363, described as Mask; wood dance mask, zoomorphic; hinged lower jaw, carved teeth; eye slits; dark-stained wood; lacing holes. Dance mask, said to be Dan, but closely resembles 5-5466, which is Kran. Height at back 34.5 cm.

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