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Object Number
49-9-50/7392
Display Title
Boys' initiation mask of Mondo rank
Descriptions
Object Description
Painted wooden mask with basketry hat surrounded with raffia ruff. Carved face mask is painted with red and blue pigments over a white kaolin ground. Handle at base suggests that the mask is meant to be held in front of the face. Basketry hat with five protrusions is stitched through holes at the top of the mask; raffia ruff is similarly secured to the mask and hat with plant fiber cordage. The hat is painted with blue and white pigments. This mask is of Mondo rank, made by maskmaker name Ngonzo
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, carved, painted facial features, veg fiber ruff, basketry hat
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Artist
Nganzo
Culture
- Bayaka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Kwango River; Munene's village, near
Materials
Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 51 x 50 x 20 cm (20 1/16 x 19 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-9-50/7392 [on mount board & box]
Credit Line
Gift of Patrick Putnam, 1949
Provenance
Collector
Patrick T. L. Putnam
(1948 - 1949)
Donor
Patrick T. L. Putnam
(1948 - 1949)
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