Face Mask

Face Mask

Public Domain

CultureWee peoples
Titles
  • Face Mask
Date1850–1970
PlaceLiberia, Africa
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 5 × 3 3/4 in. (21.6 × 12.7 × 9.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1539
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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