"Witch Doctor," papier mâché mask by Beulah Woodard, 1935

Item Overview

Title

"Witch Doctor," papier mâché mask by Beulah Woodard, 1935

Alternative title

Works of Beulah Woodard, Sculptor (1 of 2)

Artist

Woodard, Beulah Ecton, 1895-1955

Date Created

1935

Date

1935

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Beulah Ecton Woodard was an African-American sculptor and painter in California who specialized in African subjects. The first African American artist to show her work at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, she founded the Los Angeles Negro Art Association (1937).
Papier mâché mask, titled Witch Doctor, by Beulah Woodard. The mask depicts the face of an African man wearing a textile headdress decorated with beads, metallic rings and feathers.

Caption

Written on back of photo: "Long Lake" (Kalamolka) British Columbia from a painting by Grafton C. Brown 1883. Please credit by Provincial Archives, Victoria, B.C. Received from James Abajian.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

masks (costume)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

African American sculpture