Artist
Unknown African
CultureBamileke peoples
Titles
- Elephant Mask
Date1900–1950
PlaceCameroon, Africa
MediumRaffia cloth, indigo dye, glass beads, and cotton cloth
Dimensionso/a on mount: 43 3/4 × 19 × 7 inches (111.2 × 48.3 × 17.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert H. Wilson, Jr.
Object number90.557
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
On view
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Department
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Unknown Central and South American
c. 1000–500 BC
Greenstone
2023.232
Unknown Central and South American
400–1000 AD
Gold
2004.2537
Unknown African
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
Unknown Central and South American
100 BC–800 AD
Gold
2004.2433.1,.2
Unknown North American
1910–1925
Wood, paint, cow suede, sheepskin, wool cloth and yarn, unspun wool, cotton cloth, paper, yucca strips, nails, chicken feathers, sparrow feathers, horsehair, and string
44.459
Unknown Egyptian
332–30 BC
Painted and gilded wood, grain, earth, linen, and wax
2006.280
Unknown Indonesian
Early 20th century
Cotton and silk base fabric, gold and silver thread, and silver sequins
Silver sequins
90.436