Mask
97-18-4
From: Ivory Coast
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 97-18-4 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Guro |
| Provenience | Ivory Coast |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Pigment | Wood |
| Technique | Carved | Painted |
| Iconography | Bird |
| Description | Carved wood in the style of Guro carving, black shiny surface in face area, elongated nose, narrrow slit eyes, traces of yellow pigment. Three small protrusions of wood on forehead. Head is surmounted b a bird with beak extended over the mask. Traces of red, yellow and white pigment on bird. |
| Length | 47 cm |
| Width | 18 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hill II, 1997 |
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