The material face

The grain of wood. The weight of metal. Cloth, beads, pigment and plant fibres. Materials are part of what a mask makes visible.

Mask (munyangi or kindjinga) — Mask (munyangi or kindjinga) · before 1958

Mask (mbap mteng): Elephant (aka) — Mask (mbap mteng): Elephant (aka) · early 1900s

Mouth Mask — Mouth Mask · 100 BCE–700 CE

Oculate Being Mask — Oculate Being Mask · 300 BCE–1 CE (thermoluminescence date, 835 BC–185 CE)

Yam Mask — Yam Mask · 1900s

Half-mask (Ho’o-ate) with Neck Guard (Nodowa) — Half-mask (Ho’o-ate) with Neck Guard (Nodowa) · 1600s

Taotie (Ogre Mask) — Taotie (Ogre Mask) · c. 1200–1050 BCE

Mask — Mask · 1–550 CE

Open an object to read its record, including the material, maker, date and collection credit.

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