Mask with white face and raffia hair

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Object Number 35-31-50/1298

Display Title Mask with white face and raffia hair

Descriptions

Object Description Mask with white face and raffia hair. Fang style, probably Fang manufacture. Probably came to Njem, from considerably farther south. For entertainment, i. e. not part of a cult

Inventory Description Mask, white face with slit eyes/mouth, circulr punctation in forhead, ridge in

Classification

Mask

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Fang
Njem

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Cameroon

Additional Geographic Terms Cameroon, southern

Materials Wood, Pigment, Vegetable fiber

Dimensions Overall: 32.5 x 22.5 x 18 cm (12 13/16 x 8 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 35-31-50/1298

Provenance

Donor George Schwab

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