Mask
Artist
Unrecorded Yoruba (?) artist
(Nigeria)
DateProbably 20th century
Mediumwood, pigment
DimensionsOverall: 35.3 x 18.4 x 12.2 cm (13 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit LineThe Mendel Art Gallery Collection at Remai Modern. Bequest of Nicholas S. Gyenes 1985.
Object number1985.10.1
Classificationsmixed media
On View
Not on viewWhen this mask entered the collection, it was assumed to be by a Yoruba artist. The traces of blue pigment are characteristic of Yoruba art, but we have also learned that the shape of the mask is atypical of that cultural tradition.
