Object Number | 81-11-2 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Baluba |
Provenience | Kasai District |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Grass |
Description | Wood with a strip of woven grass cloth tied to the chin. Prominent bulging forehead with black pigment across it, going down the bridge of the nose. There is also a band of pigment across each cheek and on the mouth. There are nine perforations in a band across the crown of the head. There is a bulge beside each eye which is also stained black. |
Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1981 |
Other Number | 58-17-? - Original Number |
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