Mask, white, with pyrography

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Object Number 2009.22.10

Display Title Mask, white, with pyrography

Descriptions

Object Description Mask, white base with pyrography; blackened forehead

Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, pyro-engraved, blackened forehead, slit mouth

Classification

Mask

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Tutsi?
Hutu?
Batwa?

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Rwanda

Materials Wood,

Dimensions Overall: 36.8 x 22.2 x 11 cm (14 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 4 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 2009.22.10

Credit Line Gift of Helen F. Codere

Provenance

Collector Dr. Helen Codere

Donor Dr. Helen Codere

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