Wooden face mask; elongated face with large nose; with ram-like horns; covered with thick dark coating. 49.62 x 26.69 cm.
Donor:
George M. Foster, Helen Cowles LeCron, James Defrees LeCron, Mary LeCron Foster, and Mrs. Eugene E. Jurs
Collection place:
Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; French Guinea; Toma (Loma) tribe
Culture or time period:
Loma
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964) and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)