Mask Item Number: 3600/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Carved wooden mask depicting a humanoid face with a prominent brow; rounded ridge runs down lower half of brow, extending into thin nose. Face smoothly curves outward into a protruding chin; trapezoid-shaped mouth along outer edge, teeth carved in relief. Incised linear motifs across forehead, cheeks, and above eye slits. Two curved horns extend from either side of mask, square protrusions underneath horns; horns decorated with cross-hatching, squares have tiered rectangles across surface. Two cylinders extend from top of mask, framing an inverted triangle with horizontal bars on its front. Sides of mask have holes drilled into them; interior is hollowed.
Purchased by Peter Oberlander on his frequent trips to Africa, sometime between 1958-1990. Oberlander was teaching and consulting in Ghana, and consulting for the UN in Nigeria and Kenya.