Portrait Mask

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Title: Portrait Mask
Creator: unidentified Ivorian
Creator Note: Ivorian
Date Created: ----
Date Issued: undated
Subject: Place: Guinea Coast
Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Culture: Baule
Physical Description: Height: 10 inches
Diameter: 8 inches
Physical Format: Wood, Pigment
Provenance: The Stanley Collection
Host institution: University of Iowa. Stanley Museum of Art
Accession Number: x1986_431
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Item Type (AAT): wood (plant material)
pigment
OCLC Collection Number: 183425165
Use: Dance mask for entertainment &celebrations
Function: Religion
Functional Description: Represents character/mime village life. Commemorative