Mask Item Number: 3595/7 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Wooden mask depicting a face with a protruding nose and mouth. The face has a large, smooth forehead, a unibrow with incised vertical lines, and oval-shaped eyes with curved rectangular-shaped holes bored through the wood. Raised and incised linear and geometric patterns around the forehead resemble hair. There appears to be a headdress on top of the hair, with two bird-like animals standing/sitting on it. Six holes are carved out of the back side of the mask, with wire looped through the holes to serve as a hanging mechanism.
Narrative
Purchased by the Kelowna Museum (now the Okanagan Heritage Museum) in 1991.
Item History
- Made in Cote d'Ivoire
- Owned by Okanagan Heritage Museum before September 14, 2022
- Received from Okanagan Heritage Museum (Transferring institution) on September 14, 2022
What
Who
- Culture
- Baule
- Previous Owner
- Okanagan Heritage Museum
- Received from
- Okanagan Heritage Museum (Transferring institution)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Cote d'Ivoire
When
- Ownership Date
- before September 14, 2022
- Acquisition Date
- on September 14, 2022
Other
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 3595/0007