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Standing female figure with short legs and a long torso. The arms are in front of the body and curve downward. Underneath the figure's hands is a cowrie shell embedded in the clay. The face of the figure looks upward with an open mouth and eyes formed by two concentric circles. 
Mambila (Mambila (culture or style))
Standing Figure
1900 – 1932
Gift of Dr. James and Vivian Curtis
2000/2.106
A wooden mask with zoomorphic features. The mouth is in the form of open, elongated lips. The eyes are formed by white triangular projections with small central knobs. Behind the eyes, at the back of the head, are two pointed projections that curve slightly inward. 
Mambila (Mambila (culture or style))
Mask
1950 – 1999
Bequest of the Estate of Pamela Anne Seevers
TC2008.1
A wooden mask with zoomorphic features. The mouth is in the form of elongated lips, resembling an open beak. Each eye is formed by a short rod in front of a small rectangular projection. Behind the eyes are triangular ears. At the back of the head are two curved projections. The mask is painted red, white and black with a brown feather at the top of the head. 
Mambila (Mambila (culture or style))
Mask
1800 – 1999
Gift of the Robbins Center for Cross Cultural Communications in memory of Warren M. Robbins
2014/2.74
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