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Face Mask
Object Number 31-22-50/B5005
Display Title Face Mask
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human facial features, pigmented, knotted fibercord hair, red
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chokwe
  • Baluba
  • Urusindu?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo / Katanga?
Africa / Angola
Additional Geographic Terms Angola, eastern; western DRC
Materials Wood, Cloth, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 54 x 26 x 17 cm (21 1/4 x 10 1/4 x 6 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B5005 (31-22-50/B5005 on mount board)
Provenance
Collector Mr. E. I. Everett (1925-1930)
Seller Donated by Mr. E. I. Everett (1931)

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