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Four-faced hood mask with horns
Four-faced hood mask with horns
Object Number 37-32-50/2534
Display Title Four-faced hood mask with horns
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, hood shape, carved wood, 4 faces, 1 w/ horns at top, veg fiber skirt at n
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Fang
  • Ntumu
  • Bantu speaking peoples
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Equatorial Guinea
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms Spanish Guinea: northeast corner
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Animal horn, Metal, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 33.5 x 42 x 38 cm (13 3/16 x 16 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 37-32-50/2534
Provenance
Collector Silas E. Johnson (1935-1937 - 1937)

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