Mask Item Number: 3672/1 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Bark cloth body mask; conical shape top with long raffia fringe hanging from circumference of wide end. Tubular extensions out each side from midway of conical top. Each tubular "arm" has rigid circular shaped opening with a small bunch of short raffia fringe attached at lower edge. Geometric painted design around conical "body", with a linear depiction of a face on the front side of the rounded top portion; designs done golden brown with black highlights. Additional raffia fringe and fibre loops attached to top centre of "head".

Narrative

A friend of the donor purchased the mask as a gift for her in 1968, while she was in Colombia, in the Peace Corps.