Mask

AF1878

From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number AF1878
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bayaka
Provenience Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section African
Materials Wood | Fiber
Description

Circumcision. Grass fringe. Facial features include, entire face has a crescent like shape to it; off white colored face, bulbous forehead, small horizontal diamond shaped eyes, long thin nose. small opened mouth, incised teeth, two vertical blackened lines below each eye; hairline begins at the top of the forehead, dark brown with vertical crest down the center; two holes on either side represent ears, string put through and around mask.

Similiar to AF1872, AF1825, AF1873, AF1876, AF1877.

Height 36 cm
Outside Diameter 24 cm
Credit Line Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912

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