Mask

81-11-2

From: Kasai District

Curatorial Section: African

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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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