A drawing for a textile design with pattern of eighteen, stylized, white masks repeated on the diagonal, set against a navy ground. Each mask has a T-shaped, pale blue forehead and nose, black, eliptical eyes, and large, scarlet red lips.

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Object Timeline

1950	Work on this object began.
1970	Work on this object ended.
1992	We acquired this object.
2013	We photographed this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Drawing, Textile Design: Mask Pattern

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Tommi Parzinger. It is dated 1950–70 and we acquired it in 1992. Its medium is brush and gouache, graphite on lined paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Donald Cameron.

Maskette
wood, copper alloy, encrustation.
National Museum of African Art, Gift of Lawrence Gussman in memory of Dr.....
19.2012.2

Photograph
chromogenic print.
Courtesy of Pat McGrath and Ben Hassett.
1.2016.2

Photograph
chromogenic print.
Courtesy of Pat McGrath and Ben Hassett.
1.2016.1

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punch engraving, pen and black ink, graphite on cream laid paper.
Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
1942-36-15

Grid of 18 black and white images, organized in three columns that read: frontales, intersourcilieres, and diverses. Each picture has one person in each frame. The far left column depicts close ups of forehead wrinkles and eye expressions under the column 'frontales.' In the center column titled 'intersourcilieres,' there are closeups of the upper half of the face including forehead, eyes and nose bridges. Under 'diverses,' there are close ups and side profiles of ears, mouths and noses and throats. At the top of the image is the word 'Ride' written like a title at the top. The bottom text video caption reads, 'Bertillon is known as the father of mug shot. He compiled photographs of facial details, used to identity suspects.'

Video, A History of Facial Measurement
video.
Courtesy of Jessica Helfand.
s-e-3286

Its dimensions are

13.1 × 10.5 cm (5 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Textile Design: Mask Pattern; Designed by Tommi Parzinger (American, b. Germany, 1903–1981); USA; brush and gouache, graphite on lined paper; 13.1 × 10.5 cm (5 3/16 × 4 1/8 in.); Gift of Donald Cameron; 1992-51-14

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dx7i/
Accession Number 1992-51-14
Object ID 18640289