Mask
AF1875
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1875 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Circumcision mask. Wooden with raffia hanging from around the base of mask; face of mask is of a light tan color with crescent shaped eyes, protruding triangular shaped nose with two nostrils, open mouth with carved teeth, dark brown carved hairline; crescent shaped piece protrudes from center of head; cross hatch pattern incised on rim of hair line; a type of animal is found on the top of head in center; two pieces of twisted fiber protrude through hole found on top of head; some type of hooks protrudes as well. Similiar to AF1872, AF1875, AF1876, AF1877, AF1878. |
| Height | 33 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 28 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 223 - Original Number |
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