Slingshot

Baule people, Côte d'Ivoire, African

20th century

  • Titles Slingshot (Descriptive)
  • Medium carved wood
  • Dimensions 5 7/8 × 2 7/8 × 1 in. (14.9 × 7.3 × 2.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Herbert Weiss in memory of Alfred L. Scheinberg, 1992.70.3
  • Work Type slingshot
  • Classification Weapons and Ammunition

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Red velvet man's kufi-style hat embellished with gold thread.
Helmet mask composed of long plank, heavy, hemispherical brow ridge, and tall, vertical, jointed horns. Small square eyes just below brow ridge on either side of the nose are pierced through the plank. Plank divided vertically by raised ridge extending from nose to raised umbilicus, located in bottom third of mask. No mouth is evident. Mask bears traces of symmetrical geometric patterns in red, black and white pigments. A sacred mask owned and worn solely by blacksmiths among the Bobo people; associated with the cult of Dwo.
Collar or Necklace, Fingo people, Eastern Cape, South Africa, South Africa, African, glass beads, buttons, thread
Globular footed vessel with columnar neck and slightly flared rim has areas of glossy burnished surface and matte surface. Raised flat bands define registers. Patterns within the bands include repeating V-shapes, incised circles, diagonal lines, and impressed shapes.