132-B7-3 | UNI Museum @ Rod Library

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	Catalog #	Name	Description
1	2006.13.0006	Mask	Wooden carved mask. Has human facial features and ears of an antelope, also has animal horns. Hairline and eyebrows carved. Paint on/in ears and horns. Texture on top is hair.
2	2006.13.1	Mask	Mblo mask used in Mblo performance and dance. Oval wooden mask with delicate facial features- small moth, long slender nose, arched eyebrows. There are three small scar slashes on the side of eyes and between eyebrows. Carved design for hair on top of head. mask has 2 horns in back of head that curve up and in. 3 wooden carved plaited braids curve down to forehead. Has small wooden beard on chin. There are three holes on each side for possible raffia attachments.
3	2006.13.2	Mask	Oval shaped mblo mask is carved with delicate facial features (slit for eyes, finely arched eyebrows with small slits across and connecting to ears, small cubed shaped mouth, thin ridge for nose with no nostrils, tiny semicircular ears). Has scarification marks on both cheeks, the proper right cheek has a plus sign and the proper left has an equal sign. There are three small slashes carved on each corner of mouth. The headband carved with geometric triangle pattern separating face and hairline. There is a carved frog sitting on top front center of head and a small beard around face with small point on chin. There are two holes on each side of face for attaching raffia or string.
4	2008.4.0009	Mask	Mblo Mask. Three figures carved on a platform on top of mask head. 2 adult figures carry a body with arms stretched above their heads. Smaller juvenile figure has hands braced against front figure's chest. Rear figure shown wearing short pants, front figure in a skirt. Mask face is painted brown/red. 5 part hair painted black, eyes, lips, eyebrows lined in black. Long, thin nose. Carved portion remains attached to rough, uncarved wood. Leather cord attached to mask. Stick attached to inside of mask through 2 holes in lower area. Dirt on mask. Appears unused.
5	2014-4-2	Mask	A wooden, oval-shaped mask with sweeping eyebrows, kaolin (white) colored heavy upper eyelids, narrow, elongated nose, and small, closed mouth with kaolin (white). The coiffure is designed with a series of triangle shapes highlighted in kaolin (white) and a series of rows on the top and side of the mask. A triangular shaped beard is carved around the cheeks. A series of holes are pierced on both sides of the mask and there are two holes on top of the mask.