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Object Number
2004.24.30385B
Display Title
Painted ceremonial mask with beads and cowries
Descriptions
Keywords
- Ethnographic
- Mask and Headdress
Subject
- Wood
- Mask
- Cowrie
- Bead
Department
Photographic
Date
1982
Artist
Hillel S. Burger
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004.24.30328 | Mask (painted ceremonial) with beads and cowries |
Zaire
| ||
| 973-25-50/11648 | Poro mask, wood, cloth, cowries, hair (or feathers) and metal, 11.5 + |
Raw Material
Mask |
Africa
| |
| 34-28-50/202 | Butter basket and cowries |
Basket
|
Abyssinia
| |
| 17-41-50/B1959 | Wristlet set with cowries |
Bracelet
|
Congo
| |
| 34-91-50/403 | 4 leather belts sewn with cowries |
Belt
|
Elgongi
| |
| 2003.1.1007 | Shells, 3 cowries w/cut tops, flat spiral shells of varying sizes |
Shell
| ||
| 2003.1.1025 | Ornament fragments, 1 organic matter & resin ring, 2 cowries w/ organic matter |
Ornament
|
Liberia
| |
| 17-41-50/B1953 | Fetish collar covered with cowries |
Headband
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1975 | Belt with cowries |
Belt
|
Congo
| |
| 17-41-50/B1976 | Belt with cowries |
Belt
|
Congo
| |
| 13-34-70/85249 | Necklace with cowries, boar's tusk |
Necklace
|
Vanuatu
| |
| 63-29-70/4143 | Woven pouch for cowries (jumamik) |
Pouch
|
Indonesia
New Guinea |