Skin-covered Headdress Mask with Animalistic Features

Ejagham

Caption

Ejagham. Skin-covered Headdress Mask with Animalistic Features, late 19th or early 20th century. Wood, animal skin, pigment, hair, teeth, nails, ivory, 14 x 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.5 x 35.5 x 26.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Jerome Furman, 70.151.4.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Arts of Africa

Culture

Ejagham

Title

Skin-covered Headdress Mask with Animalistic Features

Date

late 19th or early 20th century

Medium

Wood, animal skin, pigment, hair, teeth, nails, ivory

Classification

(not assigned)

Dimensions

14 x 14 x 10 1/2 in. (35.5 x 35.5 x 26.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jerome Furman

Accession Number

70.151.4

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