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Object Number
985-22-50/12078
Display Title
Large wood mask with copper strip overlays
Descriptions
Object Description
Large wood mask overlaid with a crinkled copper stripping. features; square nose carved square eyes, roughly slitted mouth, pointed chin. large round exaggerated forehead has a wood crown on top that extend back and is tied with wood and string fiber. "laba shuba" tape inside. worn ceremoniallly and at pre-battle dances to encourage success.
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood with thin, impressed design copper strips on surface, anthropo
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Salam Pasu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms
Luluwa river
Dimensions
Overall: 34 x 20.5 x 28 cm (13 3/8 x 8 1/16 x 11 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
985-22-50/12078
Provenance
Collector
Norman Platine
Donor
Norman Platine
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 985-22-50/12079 | Face mask, copper strips over wood base |
Mask
|
Luba Shaba
| |
| 985-22-50/12080 | Kuba Mboom mask. Massive black stained wood head mask |
Mask
|
Zaire
| |
| 2004.24.27611A | Parts of a gold mask; mouth and eye overlays |
Chichen Itza
| ||
| 2004.24.15405 | Gold overlays and bangles |
Sitio Conte
| ||
| 2002.1.2000 | Metal ornaments, gold sheet shaped into thin overlays, various shapes. |
Ornament
|
Cocle
| |
| 2004.24.16237 | Doughnut shaped disks, perforated gold disk, gold overlays, gold strip, chisel |
Sitio Conte
| ||
| 2005.1.106.197 | Overlays and bangles |
Cocle
Veraguas | ||
| 2005.1.106.209 | Overlays and bangles |
Veraguas
Cocle | ||
| 33-42-20/76386.1.6 | Gold overlays and bangles |
Cocle
| ||
| 2004.24.19386 | Four gold overlays for atlatls |
Chichen Itza
| ||
| 985-23-50/12077 | Idiak ekpo mask |
Raw Material
Mask |
Nigeria
| |
| 61-57-50/10487 | Wooden mask with patine of white kaolin; square chin; high forehead (5 1/2" high |
Mask
|
Congo
|