Unknown African
Face Mask

Face Mask

Public Domain

Artist
CultureDan peoples
Titles
  • Face Mask
Date1850–1970
PlaceCôte d'Ivoire, Africa
MediumWood, metal, and red and black pigments
Dimensions8 3/8 × 4 5/8 × 2 1/8 in. (21.3 × 11.7 × 5.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1533
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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