Horizontal Mask

Item

Title
Horizontal Mask
Description
This mask seems to have originally had a hinged lower jaw…Traces of red and white earth pigments can still be found on the exaggerated cheekbones. The cow’s horns were carved separately and pegged into the face.
Medium
20.5 in/52.1 cm high.
Subject
Dan
Provenance
Unknown
Spatial Coverage
Liberia
Medium
Wood
Is Referenced By
William Siegmann, Rock of the Ancestors (Suacoco: Cuttington University College, 1977), 23.
Media
Cat 33.jpg

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