Context (Display)
Brass eye hook and fishing twine indicate previous display, probably the Centenary Exhibition mentioned on the catalogue card.
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Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Black wooden mask, with incised and white painted decoration. Has had a small piece of fur nailed on as a beard, and small pegs stuck in as teeth. Decorated with white, blue and black pigment.

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Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas label adhered to rear of mask reads: '762 | Omoku | 14 / Mask (ala), black and white, pegs for teeth, sqaure eyes.'
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Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
NB. Pencil drawing of object on back of catalogue card.
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Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'The Proper Study of Mankind: Great Anthropological Collections in Cambridge' (known at MAA as the 'Centenary Exhibition') at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 12 March - 06 May 1984.
Event Date 12/03/1984
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Related Documents)
See E 1910.118 and E 1913.3 records for further details about the Thomas Collection from Nigeria. [T.Cotterill]
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
Only the ends of the pegs remain sticking out. Remains of plant fibre are adhered at either side of the mask, ?strap. Several holes have been drilled into the white area on the head. [K. Sutton]

Event Date 4/6/2001
Author: Katrina Dring

Description (Physical description)
A wooden face mask with square eye holes, painted black with white and blue decoration. The mouth is a rectangular hole, with ten pegs indicating teeth, and with a piece of skin nailed below, with hair still attached. There are small pegs attached around the exterior rim, some trapping small pieces of red and black fibre. There are holes in the top of the forehead area, presumably for adding attachments. There are holes drilled at either side, with a broken piece of fibre tied through them. On the rear, there is a straight piece of wood nailed across the top of the forehead area. There is an eye hook screwed into one side, with a piece of fishing twine tied between this and the drilled hole on the other side of the mask.
Event Date 3/9/2018
Author: Katrina Dring

Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020

Event Date 3/9/2018
Author: Katrina Dring