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Spirit mask
Spirit mask

Spirit mask

MediumWood
ClassificationsCostume
Credit LineGift of Alan R. Sawyer
Object number1973.60.16
DescriptionSpirit Mask, female with seated ancestor crest Wood, crushed egg-shell patina with traces of black and brown paint. Holes only not of head and on thighs of seated figure. (Biafra, Nigeria)
On View
Not on view
Collections
Female figure
300 B.C. to 300 A.D.
Buddha
CHINA/INDIA
Urn
PRE-COLUMBIAN/ZAPOTEC
500-750 CE
Figure
Egypt
9th century
Votive mother goddess
COPTIC
2 BCE - 2 CE
Raven rattle
Tlingit
pre-1916
WILHELM LEHMBRUCK, 1881-1919
[not after 1919].
Figure
Pre-Columbian
1200-500 B.C.
Figure
PRE-COLUMBIAN MEXICO
400 B.C.-1 A.D.
Figure
PRECOLUMBIAN MEXICO
400 B.C. - 1 A.D.