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Brass human mask
Object Number 16-43-50/B1485
Display Title Brass human mask
Descriptions
Object Description Brass human mask. Additional descriptive notes in Conservation.
Inventory Description Bronze mask, human face with decorative triangular head piece, loops along base
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Benin
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms West Africa
Materials Bronze, Copper alloy
Dimensions Overall: 17.8 x 13.8 x 4.7 cm (7 x 5 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1485
Credit Line Gift of Oric Bates, 1916
Provenance
Collector British Punitive Force (1897)
Dealer William O. Oldman
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1916)

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