Elephant Mask
Unidentified Bamileke maker
about 1920-1939
Raffia, cotton trade cloth, and glass trade beads
Overall: 38 3/16 × 21 5/8 in. (97 × 55 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Lisa Bradley
181.20.26273
Geography
Place Made: Cameroon, Central Africa, Africa
Period
20th century
Object Name
Ceremonial Artifact: Mask
Research Area
Africa
Textiles and Costumes
Not on view
Exhibition History
Peoples and Cultures of Africa, Anthropology 44, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29-December 18, 1994.
Provenance
"French Source"; Lisa Bradley, New York; given to present collection, 1981.
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