Temne
Antisocial Spirit Mask (Gongoli)
Temne, 1900
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Temne
Antisocial Spirit Mask (Gongoli)
Temne, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, nails, cloth, fiber, black pigment, 75 x 32 x 25 cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred Peter Murphy and Beverly Jaibur Murphy, Colchester, Vermont
Object Number
1998.381
Overhanging forehead, long nose with nostrils, C-shaped ears next to small pierced eyes, two vertical incisions on each cheek representing cicatrizations, next to a bulge on each cheek, a U-shaped open mouth with one peg, and 4 nails at the chin. Remnants of a woven fiber surround each nail; remnant strips of cloth surround two sides of the patch containing the nails. Two holes on the lower lip probably once held pegs representing teeth.
A trader on the Lumley Beach Road.