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Face Mask with Hornbill Bird Crest (Kpelie)
Face Mask with Hornbill Bird Crest (Kpelie)

Face Mask with Hornbill Bird Crest (Kpelie)

Date19th century?
Object number67.110
ProvenanceR. Duperrier, Paris, France, 1954; [Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York, New York]; sold to Richard Fuller (1897-1976), Seattle, Washington; gifted to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1967
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions13 13/16 x 7 1/16 x 3 7/16 in. (35.1 x 18 x 8.8 cm)
MediumWood
Face mask (Kpelie-yehe)
Face mask (Kpelie-yehe)
Object number: 81.17.259
Wan-rulugu (hornbill) mask
Wan-rulugu (hornbill) mask
Object number: 81.17.111
Mask: Io society (Kpelie)
Mask: Io society (Kpelie)
Object number: 68.7
Single-faced Crest mask
Single-faced Crest mask
Nigerian/Cameroonian
Object number: 81.17.508
Crest Mask (Zamble)
Crest Mask (Zamble)
Object number: 51.48
Bush Cow Crest
Bush Cow Crest
Object number: 81.17.544
Face mask (Kpeli-yehe)
Face mask (Kpeli-yehe)
Object number: 81.17.262
Photo: Paul Macapia
Bushcow Face mask of the Do society (Siginkuru-Ayna)
Object number: 81.17.264
Photo: Scott Leen
Female Face Mask
Object number: 2005.65
Photo: Paul Macapia
Mask of Human/Bird face
First Nations, Nuxalk
ca. 1880
Object number: 91.1.34
Face mask of the Do society (Do muso)
Face mask of the Do society (Do muso)
Object number: 81.17.263
Photo: Paul Macapia
Bird Mask (Man na Gle)
Dan
Object number: 81.17.196