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Object Number
969-40-50/11318
Display Title
Face mask, black and white
Descriptions
Object Description
Carved wood mask with black and white zonally painted anthropomorphic face and grasscloth trim. The peanut-shaped mask is carved from a single block of wood, with a bulging forehead and large flaring nostrils. The mask is divided down the middle and painted black on the proper left side and white on the proper right side. The eyes and mouth are carved through. Woven plant fiber is attached via holes with a darker plant fiber that is possibly dyed. The top of the mask is covered by a woven, natural color plant fiber, embroidered with strands of the darker plant fiber. Another section of woven fiber is attached to the back of the mask to fit over the back of the wearer's head.
Inventory Description
Carved wooden mask, human face, half black/white, woven fiber on top/ bottom.
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1969 or earlier
Culture
- Pende
- Basonge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Democratic Republic of Congo, western
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Fiber, Plant fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 35.5 x 21.5 x 18 cm (14 x 8 7/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
969-40-50/11318
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Eliot Elisofon
(early 1950s - 1969)
Donor
Mr. Eliot Elisofon
(early 1950s - 1969)
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