Description: pumpkin, plant fibre, clay-like mass, colour pigments (yellow and red ochre, kaolin), base Only a few specimens of these gourd masks are found in museums or private collections. For a similar object that is located in the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, see African Heritage Documentation & Research Centre, no. 0095473. Continent: Africa
Dimensions: H: 33 cm, H: 13,0 inch
Condition Report: See description
Literature: Dagan, Esther A., The African Calabash, New York 1988
Provenance: Eric Robertson, New York, USA