Animal Mask

CultureMau peoples
Titles
  • Animal Mask
Date1850–1970
PlaceGuinea, Africa
MediumWood, indigo and ochre pigment
DimensionsOverall: 6 × 15 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (15.2 × 39.4 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1511
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Department
African Art
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no. 7 (on file).

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