Gallery Location
Not currently on view
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown (Liberian, Mano People)
- Title
- Beaked Mask (Gagon)
- Date
- n.d.
- Material & Process
- Wood, metal (likely aluminum and iron), monkey fur (likely Colobus), and plant fiber
- Dimensions
- approx. 11 1/4 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. overall
- Credit
- Gift of George and Donna Beestman
- Inventory No.
- 2021.40.1
- Classification
- Decorative Carving
- Location
- Liberia
Related
1962, sold by a Nigerian Hausa merchant (together with another mask – see IR2021.18.1) to George Beestman (at the time living in Palala, Liberia); 2021, gifted by George and Donna Beestman (Madison, WI) to the Chazen Museum of Art
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