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Small face mask, red
Object Number 969-40-50/11320
Display Title Small face mask, red
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, red and blue paint, burlap and veg fiber headpiece and fringe
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Pende
  • Basonge
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Additional Geographic Terms Democratic Republic of Congo, western
Materials Wood, Pigment, Burlap, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 16 x 11 cm (11 x 6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 969-40-50/11320
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (early 1950s - 1969)
Donor Mr. Eliot Elisofon (10/22/1969)

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