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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
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Belgian Congo
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<State>
/
<County>
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Leopoldville
Additional Geographic Terms
Kasongo Lunda
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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