Face Mask
Late 19th or early 20th century
Possibly Attie/Atye/Akye or Adiukru Unknown Lagoons region, Côte d'Ivoire Coastal West Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Some of the masquerades that were popular across southern and central Côte d’Ivoire in the 19th and early 20th centuries have evolved and remain active today, but the small, flat masks of the various interrelated peoples of the southern Lagoon region have faded and grown obsolete. This is one of only three such masks housed in a museum collection. Animal fur (possibly monkey) stands in for hair and a beard while the circular mark on the forehead represents a shaved hairstyle.
Wood, pigment, and fur