Dramatic Museum Realia

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Dramatic Museum Realia: Masks: Ivory Coast: Gallery

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Ceremonial mask

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Title

Ceremonial mask

Description

Carved wood mask of female, almost European. Very sensitive and top quality. Tri-partite hair is piled on top of head and carefully arranged. Zigzag scarification on forehead

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Identifier

DM number: M21.02
Box: 123

Coverage

Ivory Coast

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

gift, Cornelius Buxton Love, Jr. through Carlebach, 1955

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Masks (costume)
wood

Physical Dimensions

12.25"x5.75"

Citation

“Ceremonial mask,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 25, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/2461.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Butler Library, 6th Fl. East / 535 West 114th St. / New York, NY 10027 / (212) 854-5153 / rbml@libraries.cul.columia.edu