Beaded Elephant Mask from Cameroon Ensemble / Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon

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Accession Number: 2014/2.78.1
Title: Beaded Elephant Mask from Cameroon Ensemble
Artist: Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon
Artist Nationality: Cameroonian
Medium and Support: fabric, beads and palm fiber
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: 119.38 x 71.12 x 8.89 cm (47 x 28 x 3 1/2 in.)
Physical Description: A long fabric mask of dark green and tan with white, green, red and yellow small bead decoration. The eyes and mouth are bound together fabric made up of red and tan colors.
Primary Keywords: costume; ornament
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 3395 x 3456
File Size: 501 KB
Record: 2014/2.78.1
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.78.1/2014_2.78.1.jpg

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Full citation: "Beaded Elephant Mask from Cameroon Ensemble; Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2014-sl-2.78.1/2014_2.78.1.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 23, 2024.