Mask

Object Number:

29-59-108

Current Location:

Collections storage

Culture:

Masongo
Kimbundu

Provenience:

Angola

Section:

African

Materials:

Fiber
Wood
Brass

Description:

Dancimg mask. Wood. Slits for eyes and mouth; sharp pointed teeth; prominent chin; incised lines (scarification?) on forehead and upper lip; studded with brass-headed nails. To top of mask is attached a cap of palm cloth over a framework of twigs.

Credit Line:

Collected by Amandus Johnson; Purchased from Henry C. Mercer

Other Number:

76	-	Field No SF
22511	-	Other Number

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Mask Parade (31 Oct 1947)

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret. 1957. African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery. : Page/Fig./Plate: 72

[Article] 1947. Masks. The University Museum Bulletin. 13:1 : Page/Fig./Plate: 9

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