Ivory Coast, Dan Mask

Small mask in clear colors, red-white-black. Two sharp bird beaks start on top of the trip. down and meet in the middle of the mask, two triangular holes can be thought of as eyes....

There are various interpretations of its function in the literature. One emphasizes the protective and healing influence of the pendant on the wearer. The other states that the pen...

Mask in clear colors, red-white-black. Djuranskikte, a goat. The upper is black painted and has two horns. The eye holes on the sides of the mask are red colored. Under the eyes, o...

Brown silk parasol, carved ivory handle and ferule. Brown silk parasol with bone ring holding closed, carved ivory handle and ferule on metal stick handle and ivory tip.  Silk on m...

Green silk parasol with Chinese export ivory handle. Green silk parasol with silk fringe trimming, bone ring holding closed, Chinese export ivory carved handle with metal slide hin...

Dance mask made of cut and painted wood, horsehair and skin. The mask is in two parts, the lower one forms the lower jaw and the upper upper jaw and the rest of the head. The parts...

Blue silk parasol with ivory handle. Blue silk parasol with ivory handle, gold metal band round handle.  Silk on metal and baleen frame with ivory handle....

Portrait miniature of an unknown woman, watercolour on vellum in a turned ivory box, painted by Nicholas Hilliard, 1602. Circular box of turned ivory.  Watercolour on vellum stuck ...