Mask, Horned, small
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Dec 2017
label: Collection Date
content: 1985 to 1990
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Carved wooden mask with a prominent nose, cylidrical eyeballs with holes drilled around them, and painted with black decorations. The crown is made from a loose weave canvas which has feathers attached to it. It is in turn fastened to the wood with raffia? fiber through holes drilled into the forehead. Below the crown is a padded cushion with seashell decoration, and two black fabric flaps which extend down and would touch the shoulders of the wearer.
label: Notes
content: Notes from collector, Allen Davis: Purchased by Davis in Lagos, Nigeria in 1985-90. Horned small mask. Mama, Nigeria.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 May 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mama
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2082637
label: USNM Number
content: E435356-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 67 cm
label: Width
content: 12.5 cm
label: Height
content: 10.5 cm