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Tungunga - cult mask
Object Number 30-2-50/B4946
Display Title Tungunga - cult mask
Descriptions
Object Description Tungunga - cult mask. Old and scarce.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, protruding features, fiber decoration
Classification
  • Mask
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bamum
  • Sudanese
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Cameroon
Additional Geographic Terms South
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 72 x 51 x 27 cm (28 3/8 x 20 1/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B4946
Provenance
Collector George Schwab (1930)

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