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Object Number 995-31-50/12565
Display Title Mask
Descriptions
Object Description Mask with raised crest from which is suspended a twisted cordage coiffure over a knotted cordage cap through which pierce a pair of round eye holes and from which is suspended at front and back a rectangular flap. Vegetable fiber, horse hair?, cowrie shells, glass beads, copper alloy disc, cotton thread, white metal hairpin, copper alloy hair binding, white metal hair binding. Matching dance bra 995-31-50/12567
Inventory Description Headdress, veg fiber netting and fringe, fiber crest, beads/cowries/metal charms
Classification
  • Headdress
Department Ethnographic
Date 1960 or earlier
Culture
  • Dogon
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Mali
Dimensions Overall: 41 x 34 x 4 cm (16 1/8 x 13 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-31-50/12565 & Davis 16
Provenance
Collector Allen C. Davis (4/60 - 12/28/95)
Donor Allen C. Davis (4/60 - 12/28/95)

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