Mask Item Number: K2.224 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Mask depicting a stylized humanoid face with a heavy and rounded brow, a straight, wide nose, protruding roughly crescent-shaped eyes, an open mouth with three protruding teeth on the bottom, a small protruding chin, and stylized ears. There are holes pierced through the wood along the bottom edge all the way around the mask, and two vertical elongated rectangular eye holes to the sides of the nose. The cheeks are each marked with three vertical incised lines representing tribal markings.
Cultural Context
Begging mask (Congolee mask).
Item History
- Made in Sierra Leone
- Owned by Abi Jones
- Received from Abi Jones (Unknown)
What
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Sierra Leone
Other
- Condition
- good