Mask

29-59-109

From: Angola

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 29-59-109
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Masongo | Kimbundu
Provenience Angola
Section African
Materials Wood | Leather | Fiber
Description

Dancing mask. Wood; colored reddish brown; narrow slits for eyes and mouth; sharp pointed teeth; prominent chin. To top of mask is attached a cap of skin and burlap over a framework of twigs, ornamented with red paper. From the cap depends a black and white knitted tube which presumably extended down over the wearer's neck, the upper front part of the tube being attached to the chin of the mask.

Height 22.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Henry C. Mercer, 1927
Other Number Mercer 22510 - Old Museum Number

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