File:Brooklyn Museum 1992.135.1 Helmet Mask Zogbe for Sande Society.jpg
Original file (1,158 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 194 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
English: Helmet Mask (Zogbe) for Sande Society ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Artist |
Unknown authorUnknown author |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
English: Helmet Mask (Zogbe) for Sande Society |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: Wooden helmet mask framed by intricate coiffure. Bulbous forehead projects as a ridge over facial features: eyes as 2 incised slits (one slightly higher than the other); blocklike nose, wider at base than at top; mouth as a lightly incised depression in area of chin which swells outward; ears at sides as inverted c-forms with a raised ridge. Coiffure; series of six ridged lobes of hair-resembling horns that extend from the crown to the sides of the head and taper to a point at the tips; surface ridges take on a herringbone-like configuration; 2 knoblike protrusions at either end (front and back-back knob perforated by a circular hole); series of parallel horizontal holes around perimeter of base. Color: black Condition: Good. Proper right side: break in surface between 1st and 2nd lobes of hair patched with a piece of tape painted black. Crack along contour of 1st lobe of hair also patched with tape. 2 cracks in surface of crown. Slight chipping off of coiffure tips, proper left side of nose. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
English: early 20th century |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | 13 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (33 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q632682 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Gift of Drs. John and Nicole Dintenfass | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1992.135.1_transp448.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Brooklyn Museum
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions |
|
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 13:59, 31 October 2012 | 1,158 × 1,536 (194 KB) | Slick-o-bot (talk | contribs) | {{Artwork | Artist = {{unknown}} | Title = {{en|Helmet Mask (Zogbe) for Sande Society}} | Year = {{en|early 20th century}} | Description = {{en|Wooden helmet mask framed by intricate coiffure. Bulbous foreh... |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following 2 pages use this file:
File usage on other wikis
The following other wikis use this file:
- Usage on fr.wikipedia.org