Mask with designs used in body and facial painting
Wood, fiber, mother-of-pearl, pigment
H: 125; W: 25.3 cm
Anonymous loan, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum
Accession number:
L-B03.037
Arts/Americas
From the Israel Museum publications:
Fleitman, Yvonne, Shafir, Dorit, "Beyond the Eye of the Beholder: Ideals of Human Beauty in Africa and the Americas", Beauty and Sanctity: the Israel Museum at 40. A Series of Exhibitions Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2006
Exhibitions:
Beyond the Eye of the Beholder: Ideals of Human Beauty in Africa and the Americas, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 01/03/2005 - 17/01/2006
Many Faces: Masks from Many Times and Many Places, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Ruth Youth Wing, 08/04/2009 - 30/11/2009
