Mask

29-201-589

From: Morocco

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 29-201-589
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Morocco
Section African
Materials Gourd | Hair | Wool
Description

Used in Islamic festival of Ashura. Half of large gourd; eyes and mouth cut out; eyes and eyebrows painted black; teeth (mostly missing) attached to inside of mouth. Long blond fibre hair, moustache and beard.

Height 80 cm
Width 25 cm
Credit Line Williams Moroccan Expedition; Talcott Williams and Sophia Wells Royce Williams, 1898

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