Mask
Object Number:
AF1870
Current Location:
Africa Gallery
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.
Credit Line:
Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
African Gallery ( Aug 1995)
Bibliography:
[Book] Ackley, David A. 1995. Playing Cards: African Artdeck.
[Article] Washington, Jemmell'z. 2004. "Explore the Treasures of Africa at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology", in The Philadelphia Tribune - Sojourner. : Page/Fig./Plate: 14
[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. : Page/Fig./Plate: 106-107
[Article] Dougherty, Frank. 1986. African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News. : Page/Fig./Plate: A7
[Journal] Hall, Henry U. "Examples of African Art." Vol.: Vol. 10, No. 3. : Page/Fig./Plate: 90
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