Mask
Object Number:
29-12-175
Current Location:
Africa Gallery
Culture:
Punu
Lumbo
Provenience:
Gabon
Loango
Ogowe River Region
Section:
African
Materials:
Wood
Iconography:
Cicatrisation
Description:
Ogowe Type. Face whitened, edge with black, Eyebrows black, ears white, hair black, lips and cicatrization red. Headdress of type 29-12-171 and -173. Fce marks: vertical row of threee (red) scars i middle of forehead
Height:
25.5cm
Credit Line:
Purchased from J. Laporte
Current & Past Exhibitions:
African Gallery ( Aug 1995)
African Gallery (1987 - 1994)
African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987)
Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990)
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. : Page/Fig./Plate: 88-89
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