Mask
Object Number:
AF3686
Current Location:
Collections storage
Culture:
Bapende
Provenience:
Kasai District
Section:
African
Materials:
Fiber
Wood
Pigment
Description:
Colored red, black with brown fiber wig, the face fringed with grass. Said to be used to circumcision ceremonies.
Credit Line:
Purchased from W. O. Oldman
Other Number:
Bibliography:
[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret. 1957. African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery. : Page/Fig./Plate: 70
[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture. : Page/Fig./Plate: 48
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