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Dancer's mask
Object Number 2004.24.15077
Display Title Dancer's mask
Descriptions
Object Description Dancer's mask. Belgian Congo: District of the Kasai, Luebo Region, Katanga Province. Luba tribe. 31-22-50/B 5004.
Subject
  • Shell
  • Dancer
  • Ethnographic
  • Performance
  • Mask
  • Decorative
Department Photographic
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Mongo
  • Luba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo / Katanga
Materials Negative, nitrate
Dimensions Overall: 12.7 x 17.78 cm (5 x 7 in.)

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