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Face mask, red
Object Number 58-55-50/10367
Display Title Face mask, red
Descriptions
Object Description Boy's puberty rites mask with four-pointed headdress. Carved wood face mask with cloth, woven plant fiber additions. Surfaces are decorated with red, white, black pigments and carved detail. Diamond-shaped face has connected V-shaped eyebrows, projecting ears. Eyes, nose, mouth are carved through. Face is painted red - white vertical line painted on center of forehead. Beard at chin of non-identified animal hair.
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, human face, multi -color paint, knobbed, spiked hair
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pende
  • Bapende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Belgian Congo / <State> / <County> / Leopoldville
Additional Geographic Terms Kasongo Lunda
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Cloth, Animal hair, Pigment, Raffia, Grass
Dimensions Overall: 38 x 43 x 20 cm (14 15/16 x 16 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 58-55-50/10367 [on mount]
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1951)
Donor Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1958)

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