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Carved wood mask with black and white zonally painted anthropomorphic face and g
Carved wood mask with black and white zonally painted anthropomorphic face and g
Object Number 969-40-50/11317
Display Title Carved wood mask with black and white zonally painted anthropomorphic face and g
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wood mask with black and white zonally painted anthropomorphic face and grasscloth trim
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, painted half black, half white, carevd teeth, woven veg fibe
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basonge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Congo Region
Materials Wood, Paint, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 42 x 27.5 x 12.5 cm (16 9/16 x 10 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 969-40-50/11317

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