Mask
Item number 3480/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Carved wooden face mask with a horned headdress carved at the top. The face has a pronounced brow and lips, and wide straight nose. Eyes are half lidded and oval-shaped. Cut-outs underneath lids. Face is painted dark red with white semi-circles outlined in black, below eyes. Angular ears protruding from either side of face, with raised cube motifs carved along inner edges. Cubes painted black. Black line painted between face and headdress, which has a raised curved edge. Headdress area painted dark brown, with two carved horns, curving inward. Holes drilled into either side of mask with wire attached for hanging.
Narrative
Acquired by the donor's grandfather, who was an Italian civil servant in Italian occupied Ethiopia; thought to have been collected by him in the 1930s. Cultural origin of mask is uncertain.
Item History
- Made in Africa between 1930 and 1940
- Owned by Sabina Magliocco before March 4, 2021
- Received from Sabina Magliocco (Donor) on March 4, 2021
What
- Name
- Mask
- Identification Number
- 3480/5
- Type of Item
- mask
- Material
- wood, metal and paint
- Overall
- height 35.1 cm, width 16.4 cm, depth 8.0 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Africa
Who
- Culture
- African
- Previous Owner
- Sabina Magliocco
- Received from
- Sabina Magliocco (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1930 and 1940
- Ownership Date
- before March 4, 2021
- Acquisition Date
- on March 4, 2021
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Accession Number
- 3480/0005
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