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MS-115-008: Elephant Mask

 Item
Collection number: MS-115-008
Elephant Mask (Front)
Elephant Mask (Right)
Elephant Mask (Left)
Elephant Mask (Back)
Elephant Mask (Drawing, profile)
Elephant Mask (Drawing, front)
Elephant Mask (Drawing, top and bottom)

Scope and Contents

Description: Elephant mask. Media: Polychrome wood and cowry shell/gourd. Size: 25" x 11" x 13 3/4". Surface: Surface soiled, wear to pigment, especially at back edges, scuffing underside back, pigment loss on cowry eyes, pigment rubbed off on reverse where piece rests, slight wear to right tusk bend. Stability: Approximately two and three quarter inch of left trunk missing, losses from bottom of trunk on end, three eighths inch crack at top of ear, one and seven sixteenths inch and one and three eighths inch crack on right side of head above ear, scrapes throughout. Infestation: Powdery residue inside trunk, some cobwebs. Note: MS-115-007 does not exist; as a result, Items 7 through 33 do not feature matching Item and MS numbers.

Dates

  • Acquired: 2011-08-26

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 34.00 artifact

Language

From the Collection: English

Private Title

ms-115-008

Repository Details

Part of the Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Valdosta State University Archives, Odum Library
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta GA 30601 United States
7063728116
229-259-5055 (Fax)