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Ceremonial wooden mask with feather topknot
Ceremonial wooden mask with feather topknot
Object Number 37-32-50/2533
Display Title Ceremonial wooden mask with feather topknot
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial wooden mask with feather topknot attached (N.B. topknot not attached - see remarks on Page2 of the Object Record) Additional descriptive information on materials and manufacture in the Conservation Record
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, 4 faces - incised and pigmented designs, veg fiber, feathers.
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ntum?
  • Fang?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms Spanish Guinea: northeast corner
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment, Metal, Feather, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 44.3 x 56 x 58 cm (17 7/16 x 22 1/16 x 22 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 37-32-50/2533

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