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Object Number 34-152-50/1002
Display Title Ceremonial dance mask - wood with white and red paint; mustache of small animal
Descriptions
Object Description Ceremonial dance mask - wood with white and red paint; mustache of +
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, raffia on base, braided fiber string at mouth, pa
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basongo Mino
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Sankuru River, Right bank of; Pania Mutombo and the Lu Sambo, between
Dimensions Overall: 64 x 30 x 25 cm (25 3/16 x 11 13/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 34-152-50/1002

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