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ID number: BIRRC-D0006 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: African Collection Artist / Maker: Carved by Igoji, J.O. Title / Object name: Dance mask Object type: Mask
Place made: Nbausi, E. Nigeria Culture: Igbo Collector: Danford, John Materials: Painted wood Measurements: 35 x 23 x 19 cm
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This mask is made from brown wood with white-painted lips, eyelids and forehead marking, tipped with a white crest.
It was purchased from the carver by John Danford (most likely as a tourist piece) in 1948 and is not a mask used for ritual purposes. It is one of two similar masks in the Collection, the other being BIRRC-D0007.
Notes: Part of Danford Collection, lent by John Danford in 1964, purchased in 1975.
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