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Photograph
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Object Number 2004.24.24244B
Display Title Photograph
Descriptions
Object Description Boy's puberty rite mask, with four-pointed headdress
Department Photographic
Date summer 1965
Artist Joya Hairs
Culture
  • Pende
  • Central Bantu
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire / Kinshasa / <County> / Gungu
Africa / Zaire / Kinshasa / <County> / Kitwit
Dimensions Overall: 5.72 x 5.72 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

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