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Face Mask

Artwork title: Face Mask

Carved wood face mask painted black and carved to reveal light wood. Tall and slender overall shape with tapered top and bottom. Long vertical strip of wood from top to top of nose left unpainted. Three horizontal bands of vertical lines on top. Small wedges carved into edge of chin.

Kuba peoples

Sculptures
— Wood
15 3/4 x 4 x 1 in.
African
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. John S. Ragland (Cherry) in memory of her parents The Reverend and Mrs. William T. Mulcay, Sr. who lived in the Belgian Congo for 18 years.
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