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Object Number
62-48-50/10587
Display Title
Boy's initiation mask, painted wood with fibre skirt - original color
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Mask, carved wood, human facial features with broad hooked nose, painted, cloth
Classification
- Mask
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Bayaka
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Congo
Additional Geographic Terms
Africa, central: Republic of Congo; Belgian Congo
Materials
Wood, Pigment, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 60 x 64 x 31 cm (23 5/8 x 25 3/16 x 12 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
62-48-50/10587
Provenance
Collector
Mr. Eliot Elisofon
(1962)
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