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Face mask, copper strips over wood base
Object Number 985-22-50/12079
Display Title Face mask, copper strips over wood base
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, copper strips over wood, fiber ball headdress, braided loop at chin, teeth
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sala Mpasu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo / Luba Shaba
Additional Geographic Terms Lulua River
Materials Copper, Wood, Vegetable fiber, Pigment, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 28.3 x 26 cm (13 x 11 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 7
Label on object 985-22-50/12079
Provenance
Collector Norman Platine (1979-1983)
Donor Norman Platine (1979-1983 - 1985)

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