Object Number |
AF1870 |
Current Location |
Collections Storage |
Culture |
Bayaka |
Provenience |
Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section |
African |
Materials |
Wood | Grass | Pigment |
Iconography |
Bird |
Description |
Wood helmet mask, grass fringe, white pigment on face, bird on top of head. Circumcision mask. |
Height |
41 cm |
Outside Diameter |
35 cm |
Credit Line |
Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
Other Number |
221 - Field No SF |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Ackley, David A. Playing Cards: African Artdeck. Aristoplay, Ltd., 1995. |
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Washington, Jemmell'z. "Explore the Treasures of Africa at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, in The Philadelphia Tribune - Sojourner." . ( Apr 2004): 14-1525. Page/Fig./Plate: 14 |
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Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. Page/Fig./Plate: 106-107 |
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Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News." . (21 Nov 1986): 1-15. See: A7 |
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Hall, Henry U. "Examples of African Art." The Museum Journal 10, no. 3. (1919): 77-101. Page/Fig./Plate: 90 |
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