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Mask
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Mask

Artist Jesse Aaron (American, 1897 - 1979)
Date1973
MediumWood, paint
Dimensions11 x 6 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (27.9 x 15.9 x 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Stephen O'Connell
Object numberS-73-181
Collections
Roughly carved wooden head; wide nose with round nostrils; small, black, inlaid eyes; wide mouth.
untitled
Jesse Aaron
c. 1972
Wood sculpture is of a face.
Untitled
Jesse Aaron
1968
Dog figure with a large triangular head
Untitled (Dog)
Jesse Aaron
c. late 1960s
The full figure of a standing cat, tail thrust upward.
Smiling Cat
Jesse Aaron
late 20th century
Roughly carved figure with multiple human faces and one animal face, all with glass eyes.
Multi-headed Animal
Jesse Aaron
undated
Untitled (Mother and her four children)
Untitled (Mother and her four children)
Jesse H. Whitehurst
c. 1850
Merrill Stevens Yard, Miami
Merrill Stevens Yard, Miami
Jesse E. Whitsit
undated
Headpiece with carpentered and painted (red, green, blue, black, pink, white) figures atop a plank with projecting stems with affixed round mirrors. Scenes depicted include a palm wine tapper on a tree, two airplanes and a tailor at his machine. The word Opu Arunpu are painted on the side.
Water Spirit Mask
Ekpeye Artist
c. 1970
A wall sculpture of found metal painted with a female face and shaped fish tail in the lower portion.
Untitled [Mermaid mask]
Jerry Coker
1997
Found wood, carved in form of a composite creature with bird, reptile and fish features covered with polychrome dots of paint; green, purple and red dots on head, red, black and purple dots on body, seated on white base with black dots.
Cross Breed
O. L. Samuels
c. 1990
Found wood carved in form of a reptilian creature with large ears, protruding teeth, long tail, a dorsal crest and talons. Body is covered with red glossy paint and small light-colored dots, snout is yellow, eyes are inset blue glass disks. Signed "OL" in black on right flank.
Swamp Lizard
O. L. Samuels
undated
Carved and painted wood sculpture: quadruped with glass eyes, and plastic pom-pom tail, covered with polychrome dots of paint and glitter. Signed with initials on back of head, lefthand side. The base is a painted wood plank.
Hong Kong Suzie
O. L. Samuels
c. 1996

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