Passport Mask

Passport Mask

Public Domain

CultureMau peoples
Titles
  • Passport Mask
Date1850–1950
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 7 3/4 × 2 × 2 in. (19.7 × 5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1487
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.

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