Contributing Institution: Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston / Date: 1999 / Media Type: Objects - Lowcountry Digital Library Catalog Search Search Results

Start Over Contributing Institution Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston ✖ Date 1999 ✖ Media Type Objects ✖

41. Wooden mask

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: A wooden mask of polished black wood; origin Guro people of Cote d'Ivoire.

42. Wooden mask

Date:: 1970 and 1999
Description:: Carved wooden mask with elongated face and wood burned holes in many areas. Origin Nigeria.

43. Wooden mask

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Tall wooden mask with a rectangular box for the head. The top portion depicts a female figure below a perched bird with a downward thrusting arrow. Origin is either Dogon or Mossi people of Burkina Faso.

44. Wooden mask

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Wooden African mask decorated with cowrie shells and coins. Origin is either the Dan people or Guro people of Cote d'Ivoire.

45. Raffia mask (Tambuan mask)

Raffia mask (Tambuan mask)

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Mask used during the performance of tambuan (or tumbuan) dances. It is woven from raffia and and has a beak, cross-hatched crown, circular eyes, and reeds projecting from circular ear rings. Origin Papua New Guinea.

46. Woven mat

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Cotton woven mat with fringe on each end. Origin Togo.

47. Nuts

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Bag of approximately 75 nuts of unknown variety. Origin Togo.

48. Wooden shield

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Wooden shield for ceremonial purposes (possibly of the Asmat people). It is carved from a light weight wood. Origin Papua New Guinea.

49. Wooden spear

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Wooden spear; origin Togo.

50. Wooden spear

Date:: 1900 and 1999
Description:: Wooden spear; origin Togo.