Mask
AF1877
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1877 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Circumcision. Grass fringe. Wide flat face; raffia fringe around base; facial feaures include, thin slated eyes, small nose and thin mouth; four lines from base of each eye (dark brown in color); face itself is brown with a greyish vertical mark down front, center of face; hairline begins at the top of the forehead, dark brown in color; vertical crest down center; two half circled shaped ears at side, hole through the center. Similiar to AF1872, AF1873, AF1876, AF1878 |
| Height | 33 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 28 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 253 - Other Number |
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