Context (Acquisition Details)
Offered as a donation in 2012 by the Art Fund as part of a bequest by Dr John Pachmayr. Other items were trandferred to the T-series [Teaching] collections
Event Date 2012
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
A Lega carved wooden mask painted white with rush beard.
Event Date 2012
Author: maa

Context (References)
Art Fund (2013) Art Fund Annual Review 20212-13, p. 32
Captioned: 'This collection of wooden artefacts includes a Tanzanian carved figure of a standing man,a Lega carved mask with a rush beard, a Baule carved figure, a Baule drum tapper and a Boni headrest, a Yoruba Ifa divination
bowl and a pair of Yoruba Ibeji figures.'
Event Date 2013
Author: rachel hand

Context (Analysis)
Although seven holes are drilled into the chin area, the fringe is attached through only two of these, with an additional loop of plant fibre threaded through another two. The other three holes are not in use, suggesting possible changes in plant fibre attachment. Similarly, only one of the pair of holes on either side of the mask is in use.
Event Date 16/11/2022
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Wooden face mask with plant fibre fringe or beard. Oval face with long nose and two oval eyes with slits; oval hole for mouth; coloured with a white pigment or clay; seven holes drilled into the chin area for the attachment of the fringe; two holes on either side of the mask with a length of plant fibre cord tied across.
Event Date 16/11/2022
Author: Katrina Dring