Dan face mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Irene Petty
label: Collector
content: Will Petty
label: Donor Name
content: Mona Gavigan
notes: label: Notes
content: Black carved wood mask with red lips (and philtrum), metal rimmed eyes and nails in the chin. Feathers glued on top for hair, with cloth tail. Hanging wire attached on back. Glued tag with the red number 66 on back. Also remains of a number that has been imperfectly removed.
label: Notes
content: From donor: Cote D'Ivoire. Wood, aluminum, pigment; attachments of feathers and imported cloth strip. Collected by Irene and Will Petty who was a diplomat in Cote D'Ivoire ca. 1970. Exhibited, and with markings of Morgan State Museum 1971, "IWP 71.15566". Striking embellishment of a classic ovoid form; rich black with large circular eyes dramatically rimmed in aluminum attached with aluminum pegs; lips painted glossy dark red enamel; coiffure of feathers on forehead; long narrow streamer extending to back of imported cloth with feather print to which feathers are sewn. Much use evident in patina and wear.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Mar 2023
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Côte d'Ivoire, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Dan
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077558
label: USNM Number
content: E436275-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Width
content: 12 cm
label: Depth
content: 26 cm
label: Height
content: 10 cm