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Painted ceremonial mask
Object Number 17-41-50/B1907
Display Title Painted ceremonial mask
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human facial features, paint, bead, cloth and shell design
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Materials Wood, Glass, Cowrie, Pigment, Cloth
Dimensions Overall: 25.6 h x 10.3 d x 17.1 w cm (10 1/16 x 6 3/4 x 4 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B1907, 76-54
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George Howe, A. C. Coolidge, and Oric Bates, 1917
Provenance
Collector Lt. G. Mackenzie (1880s-1890s)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1917)

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