Mask

Title: Mask

Date: 19th–mid-20th century

Geography: Côte d'Ivoire or Liberia, Bandama River region

Culture: Wee peoples

Medium: Wood, animal and human hair, horn, cotton, pigment, chains, fur

Dimensions: H. 17 1/2 in. × W. 9 in. × D. 12 in. (44.5 × 22.9 × 30.5 cm)

Classification: Wood-Sculpture

Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1966

Accession Number: 1978.412.527

Frank Barton, United Kingdom, until 1966; The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1966–1978

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art of Oceania, Africa and the Americas from The Museum of Primitive Art," May 10–August 17, 1969.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas from the Museum of Primitive Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969, no. 321.

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