Mask
58-17-91
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 58-17-91 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Bapende |
Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Fiber |
Description | Face half white, half dark brown, split vertically, red dot on forehead; perforated left eyelid; swollen forehead; nose twisted to its left; woven head covering with rows of criss-crossed black stitches; woven raphia fringe around lower half of face attached below ears. |
Height | 35.5 cm |
Width | 24.1 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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