Monkey Face Mask
Côte d’Ivoire
Reference: MFZ-38
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- Height
- 36 cm
- Material
- Wood, cauris, raffia, rope, cloth and pigments.
It is a mask of the society of hunters that mainly participates in the initiation rites of adolescents. The headdress is formed by four overlapping rows…
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Full original description
It is a mask of the society of hunters that mainly participates in the initiation rites of adolescents. The headdress is formed by four overlapping rows of cauris which in turn overlay two rows of unevenly thick red padded fabric, capitone, forming oval balls, separated by a thick row of raffia.
Further technical information
- Width
- 33 cm
- Attributed period
- Years 60
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Côte d’Ivoire. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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