Polychrome Face Mask (Bedu) / Artist Unknown, African, Nafana Peoples, Ivory Coast, Ghana
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2014/2.73
- Title
- Polychrome Face Mask (Bedu)
- Artist Nationality
- Ghanaian
- Medium and Support
- wood, fiber, metal
- Object Creation Date
- 19th century - 20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communications in memory of Warren M. Robbins
- Dimensions
- 241.3 x 111.76 x 13.97 cm (95 x 44 x 5 1/2 in.)
- Physical Description
- An extremely large sundial circle top, separated into triangular sections with eyes and a mouth carved out. The colors are in blue, red, white and black. There is a narrow center to represent two black arms and a chin. The triangluar colored pattern is continued onto the bottom with a geometric pattern.
- Secondary Keywords
- visual arts
- artistic concepts
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- costume
- costume by function
- forms of expression
- objects we use
- people and culture
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2414 x 4584
- File Size
- 146 KB
- Record
- 2014/2.73
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.73/2014_2.73.jpg
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"Polychrome Face Mask (Bedu); Artist Unknown, African, Nafana Peoples, Ivory Coast, Ghana." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.73/2014_2.73.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024.