Mask

About this object

History of use

Zoomorphic type of mask.

Narrative

The donor taught in a rural school in Tobli, eastern Liberia, from 1965 to 1967.

Physical description

Wooden animal face mask with a narrow face and beak-like mouth. Mask has a pronounced brow over circular eyes; eyes are inlaid with what appears to be white glass? Nose has a thin bridge before smoothly flaring out at the base; mouth is open and angled downward. All sides of mask are rounded; interior is hollow. Mask has holes for the eyes.