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"Red Spear" mask
Object Number 993-18-50/12824
Display Title "Red Spear" mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term "Tamba Wulengo" Kankurang mask
Object Description Red Spear "Tamba Wulengo" kankurang masquerade headpiece which is the upper part of a larger masquerade; red cotton flannel hood mask with horns, stretched over armature woven from palm fronds; hood is embroidered with hand-stitched cotton thread designs in yellow, white, green, black and blue; eye holes are surrounded by cowrie shells stitched to black cotton fabric; there are also lines of cowrie shells between the eyes, across the brow, diagonally beside the eyes, and up to the crown of the hood; black cotton fabric attaches the bull horns to the hood and runs between the horns and to the crown of the hood; the black fabric is embroidered and has braided cotton fabric in red, black and white stitched on; black fabric and braided cotton runs down the back of the hood; th[see Object Description text entry for extended description]
Inventory Description Mask, red cloth, animal horn, shell, embroidered and tassled decor, long
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1967
Artist Lang Kuta Demba
Artist Lang Kombo Darbo
Culture
  • Mandinka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Gambia / <State> / <County> / Bumari Village
Additional Geographic Terms Lower River Division: Kiang Central Division
Materials Wool Cowrie Cotton Horn Plastic Cordage Rhun palm Dye
Dimensions Overall: 94 x 49 x 26 cm (37 x 19 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-18-50/12824
Credit Line Collected by and gift of Peter M. Weil
Provenance
Collector Peter M. Weil (1967 - 5/12/93)
Donor Peter M. Weil (1967 - 5/12/93)

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