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Title

Mask (vaca bruto, dugn'be type)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Bijogo Peoples Guinea Bissau

Physical Description

Naturalistic cow’s head of carved from wood with eyes cut from the bottoms of glass bottles. Natural cow horns are attached. Head is predominantly black with white triangle on forehead, red pigment surrounding eyes, red in interior of ears, white chin, and white dots on cheeks and in red ground around eyes. Horns are white, tipped in black; a fiber cord runs through its nostrils and around back of head.

Century

Mid-20th century

Object Creation Date

1925-1975

Accession Number

1984/1.273

Medium and Support

wood, glass, paint, metal, animal horns

relevance

rank 16.22818

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

ceremonies

costume

costume by function

cultural ceremonies

events

mammals

masks (costume)

objects we use

people and culture

rites of passage

Title

Pwo Mask

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola

Physical Description

A naturalistic rendering of a human face. Eyes carved in relief are convex and almond-shaped with narrow slits and are placed in round, concave eye sockets. Nose is slender at the bridge and rounded at the tip. The horizontal mouth is partially opened. Half rounded ears display metal loops. The "hair" is attached with a cloth headband high on forehead and is made from clay and red tukula powder. The face shows striated, scarifcation patters underneath and to the sides of the eyes; the forehead shows is a chingelyengelye cross motif. The patina is smooth and redish brown in color.

Century

19th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1890

Accession Number

2005/1.201

Medium and Support

wood, tukula powder, clay, string, metal, fur, snakeskin, cloth

relevance

rank 14.49313

Secondary Keywords

aesthetic concepts

associated concepts

costume

costume by function

events

masks (costume)

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by family relationship

philosophical concepts

Title

Promessa Monte Santo Bahia, Brazil

Artist

David Vestal

Physical Description

Sculpture head among logs and pieces of wood.

Artist Life Dates

b. 1924

Object Creation Date

October 27, 1997; printed 1998

Accession Number

2014/2.126

Medium and Support

black and white photograph on paper

relevance

rank 14.40733

Secondary Keywords

costume

costume by function

descriptors

masks (costume)

materials

materials by origin

objects we use

plant material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

wood and wood products

Title

Mask (idangani)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Mask is made entirely of blackish-brown dyed and molded raffia fiber; face has bulging forehead, deeo set narrow eyes, bulbous nose, and raffia “beard.” Top of head has cone-like crest of small fiber knots.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1900-1983

Accession Number

1983/2.184

Medium and Support

dyed fiber, raffia

relevance

rank 14.16369

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

costume by function

descriptors

events

masks (costume)

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

Title

Mask

Artist

Ben Shahn

Physical Description

Portrait of a face with colorful markings. The face is of a dark complexion with bold, white sections that highlight raised features. There are also colorful lines that accent both the light and dark areas of the face.

Artist Life Dates

1898-1969

Object Creation Date

1959

Accession Number

2011/1.111

Medium and Support

serigraph on paper

relevance

rank 14.01418

Secondary Keywords

biological components

components

components and systems

components by specific context

costume

costume by function

heads

masks (costume)

objects we use

the human body

upper body

visual works

visual works by subject type

Title

Mask (Zamble)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Guro Peoples Côte D'Ivoire

Physical Description

Face mask with stylized face and horns of an antelope and open jaws of a leopard. Forehead has three sets of scarifcation marks in relief; hairline is incised with pigmented linear and geometric patterns; striped horns curve naturally from top of head; eyes are set in ovoid grounds of white kaolin; top of snout shows incised V-shaped marks; mask is predominantly brown with traces of green, red and yellow pigment; chew stick in back shows some wear.

Century

late 20th century

Object Creation Date

1950-1999

Accession Number

2002/2.348

Medium and Support

wood, pigment

relevance

rank 13.43654

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

associated concepts

costume

costume by function

events

legendary creatures

masks (costume)

objects we use

people and culture

religions and religious concepts

religious concepts

sculpture

sculpture by material

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Mask (Kifwebe)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Luba or Songye Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Wood carved face with geometric, pseudo-human facial features, grooved, bilaterial striations of surface, protruding, square pursed mouth and horizontal slit eyes with protruding eyebrows. Faint traces of white kaolin in grooves; a flat wooden crest extends from the nose along the curve of the forehead, terminating in feathered headdress; thick raffia fiber beard attached around face. mask shows much wear with nicks and scraptes on wood surface; feathered headdress and fiber beard are brittle.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

circa 1940

Accession Number

2005/1.219

Medium and Support

wood, raffia, feathers, kaolin

relevance

rank 13.11137

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

costume by function

descriptors

events

masks (costume)

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

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social science concepts

sociological concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Mask (Kasangu)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo

Physical Description

Face mask made of wood, covered in white kaolin; face has round, bulging forehead, deep set narrow eyes, small round ears, fiber beard, open rectangular mouth and pointed teeth; basketry weave that held mask on the dancer’s head is visible at back and sides; raffia attachment on top of head frayed and missing.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1920-1960

Accession Number

1971/2.44

Medium and Support

wood, raffia, kaolin and fiber

relevance

rank 12.81610

Secondary Keywords

associated concepts

costume

costume by function

descriptors

events

masks (costume)

object genres

object genres by material

objects we use

people and culture

sculpture

sculpture by material

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

visual works

visual works by medium or technique

Title

Elephant Mask (mbap mteng)

Artist

Artist Unknown, African, Bamileke Peoples, Cameroon

Physical Description

Face mask embroidered extensively wtih glass beads. Two long panels hang down the front and back of the wearer. Humanoid face at top has two round eye holes allowing the wearer to see, a strip of fabric for nose and open, upturned mouth. Ears are protruding disks attached on either side of the face . Top of the head is covered with small, corklike knobs covered with black cloth. The beadwork is predominantly green, with intricate, scallop-shaped patterns along edge of panels, and vertical, star-like patterns filling center of the panels. Interior of panels is lined with damask.

Century

20th century

Object Creation Date

1950-1999

Accession Number

1997/1.319

Medium and Support

cloth, glass beads, fiber

relevance

rank 12.15819

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

aristocracy

associated concepts

beads and sets of beads

costume

costume by function

descriptors

events

groups of people

mammals

masks (costume)

nobility

object genres

object genres by form

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

political concepts

social classes

social classes by specific type

social groups

social science concepts

social status

sociological concepts

upper class

Title

Studies of Nine Male Helmeted Heads and a Man Smoking with a Devil

Artist

George Cruikshank

Physical Description

A study sketch of the heads of men along the top right side and a pair - a man and the devil - smoking in the bottom left corner. The men on the right are all helmeted in different syles of helmet with pointed faces. The man in the bottom corner is dressed in 17th century dress and reclining with legs outward while smoking. The devil figure is hard to discern, but appears to be a standing gargoyle-like figure in the distance. Clouds of smoke surround them.

Artist Life Dates

1782-1878

Object Creation Date

1825-1878

Accession Number

2009/1.538

Medium and Support

graphite on paper

relevance

rank 11.05040

Secondary Keywords

animals and creatures

costume

costume by function

european

european styles and periods

legendary creatures

masks (costume)

modern british styles and movements

modern british styles by reign

modern european regional styles and movements

modern european styles and movements

objects we use

people

people (agents)

people and culture

people by gender

physical activities

physical activities by general context

styles and periods

styles and periods by region