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Face mask
Object Number 999-27-50/12858
Display Title Face mask
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Mwana Pwo
Object Description Young woman mask; reddish tone, carved hair, swollen eyelids, narrow nose, mouth with visible teeth, tears, and symbol on forehead. The mask is too small to be worn. The attached coiffure is composed of long twists and a fleecy crown mounted on burlap. Wooden face mask with plant fiber netting cap. The mask is made of a single block of hard dense wood carved into an angular shaped face. The elaborately carved crown in connected to a plant fiber netted cap that is adorned with a headcover that consist of braided and strands of 'z' twisted bundles of plant fibers that hang on the side. The braided headdress appears to have a reddish tone deliberately applied. (SAM)
Inventory Description Mask, female face, carved wood, incised deco, burlap hood, pigmented fiber braid
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1990-1999
Culture
  • Chokwe
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Angola
Materials Wood, Vegetable fiber, Burlap, Pigment, Rope
Dimensions Overall: 34 x 19 x 23 cm (13 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 999-27-50/12858
Provenance
Dealer Patricia Anne Reed (8/3/99)
Dealer Picker
Intermediary Dr. Rubie Watson
Seller Patricia Anne Reed

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