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Wooden helmet-shaped mask with a large central dome. From the front two flat plates form a mouth, with triangular ears on each side while two curved horns extend back. There is a crack along the center of the mask that appears to have been repaired locally with pitch or tar.
Chamba (Chamba (Nigerian))
Mask
1900 – 1974
Museum Purchase
1974/2.27
Wooden mask with a superstructure of curling horns with blue pigment. The face of the mask is white and the mouth is open with pointed teeth. Attached below the mouth is a panel of fur, possibly monkey fur. The forehead is dark in color while there is blue pigment above each eye. On each side of the head are possible animal figures or horns, while atop the forehead sits another set of horns or hairstyle that points downward, carved with a spiral design. 
Igbo (Igbo (Southern Nigerian style, culture))
Mask
1900 – 1978
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Weston
1978/2.14
A black and white photo of bushes growing in a volcanic crater.
Brett Weston (American (North American))
Untitled, (Volcanic Crater, Death Valley)
1961
Gift of Margaret and Howard Bond
2011/2.157
Carved mask with an elongated, protruding nose that extends to the bottom of the mask. The mouth is open with articulated teeth.
Baulé (Baule (culture))
Monkey Mask
20th century
Gift of Michael and Phyllis Courlander
2016/1.257
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