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Face mask, yellow
Object Number 969-40-50/11315
Display Title Face mask, yellow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, painted, anthropomorphic feature, woven vegetable fiber at to
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1969 or earlier
Culture
  • Pende
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Democratic Republic of Congo, western
Materials Wood, Pigment, Vegetable fiber, Plant fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 23 x 14 cm (13 x 9 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 969-40-50/11315
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon
Donor Mr. Eliot Elisofon (10/22/1969)

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