Mask

Description

Mask of a crocodile's head with open mouth, made of papier mache, chicken wire and cloth, part of a fancy dress masquerade costume: Africa, West Africa, Ghana, Elmina, by Donatus Archibald Acquandoh (alias Hippies), 2000

Museum reference

K.2001.740

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mask, Headdress

Production information

Acquandoh, Donatus Archibald, 1965 (b.) - 2008 (fl.), Artist
Elmina, Central Region, Ghana, Western Africa

Date

2000

Materials

Papier-mâché, Textile, Wire, Foam rubber, Paint

Physical description

Papier-mache on chicken wire; painted cloth; foam-rubber; thread

Associations

Collector: Nicklin, Keith, 1946 - 2002
Collector: Salmons, Jill, 1979 - 2000 (fl.)

Exhibitions

• Performance and Lives (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Peek, Philip and Barry Hallen. ‘In Memoriam – Keith Nicklin’, in African Arts, Winter 2002, Vol.35, No.4 pp.12-13, 91.

Nicklin, Keith and Jill Salmons. ‘Hippies of Elmina’, in African Arts, Summer 2005, Vol. 38, No.2 pp. 60-5, 95.

On display

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