Unknown Mask

A mask, or headdress, made from white and red cotton, and decorated with circles of fur, cowrie shells, mirror and plastic buttons. It is one of a number of masks that were purchased by the Welcome Foundation from the Stevens auction in 1908, it was acquired by the British Museum in 1954.

Further Information

• Type: Masks, headdresses
• Object: Unknown Mask
• Materials: Textile, Bone, ivory, tooth, Shell, Glass, Leather, animal skin
• Culture Group: Other
• Dimensions: 1060mm [L] x 300mm [W] x 70mm [C]
• Production Date: Pre 1954
• Associated Places: Unknown
• Associated People: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
• Museum: British Museum
• Accession Number: BM:Af.1954.23.3455

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