| Object Number |
29-35-1 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Guro |
| Provenience |
Ivory Coast |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Wood | Pigment |
| Technique |
Carved | Painted |
| Iconography |
Bird |
| Description |
Wooden mask colored black. Face has horns curving forward. A bird is perched on the horns. Carved decoration on the head (hair or a headpiece) Smooth face with slits for eyes and a very narrow nose. Tiny mouth projects slightly with lips and tongue seen. |
| Height |
52.6 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from Mrs. Lena H. White, 1929 |
| Other Number |
02 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
| "A Baule Mask in the Museum Collection." The University Museum Bulletin 1, no. 2. (1930): 4-5. See: p. 4, plate I |
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| Wieschhoff, Heinrich A. "II. The Cultures of Africa." The University Museum Bulletin XI, no. 1-2. (1945): 34-72. See: p. 47, fig. 14 |
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| Wingert, Paul S. African Negro Sculpture. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum, 1948. |
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| Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture. The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 21 |
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| Plass, Margaret B. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery." The University Museum Bulletin 21, no. 4. ( Dec 1957): 5-76. See: p. 19 |
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| Guide to the Collections, The University Museum. Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 116 |
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| Reproductions. The University Museum, 1965. See: p. 5 |
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| Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. See: pp. 52-53, fig. 11 |
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| Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News." . (21 Nov 1986): 1-15. See: A8 |
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