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Object Number 969-40-50/11319
Display Title Black and white asymmetrical mask
Descriptions
Object Description Carved wood mask with black and white painted anthropomorphic face (zonal) and raffia and burlap trim
Inventory Description Mask, carved and painted wood, 1/2 black, white, fiber hair, burlap fabric at ch
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Basonge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Congo Region
Dimensions Overall: 30.5 x 20 x 12 cm (12 x 7 7/8 x 4 3/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 969-40-50/11319

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