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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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