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1954.12.15

Carved and painted mask of a human face [ZM 07/06/2013]

1954.12.15

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved and painted mask of a human face [ZM 07/06/2013]
Long description
Mask carved out of a single piece of wood depicting a human face with half moon shape openings carved out for the eyes. Many of the features highlighted with black/ brown paint. Roughly carved on the inner side. One of the ears is broken but has been nailed back on, there is also a nail at the top of the back of the mask. [ZM 07/06/2013]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Southern Nigeria
Cultural groups
Ibibio
Person
Field collector W.S. Halls
PRM source W.S. Halls
PRM source Gloucester City Museum & Art Gallery
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1954
Date collected
By 1954
Acquisition information
Donated: 1954
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Metal, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Nailed
Dimensions
Length: max 330 mm, Width: max 153 mm, Depth: max 86 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1954.12.15
Research and responses

In June 2013 Dr David Pratten, the Director of African Studies and Lecturer in Social Anthropology University of Oxford, identified this from photographs as a young person's ekong mask. [ZM 25/06/2013]

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