Mask
AF1870
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
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Object Number
AF1870
Current Location
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Culture
Bayaka
Provenience
Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Section
African
Materials
Wood | Grass | Pigment
Iconography
Bird
Description
Wood helmet mask, grass fringe, white pigment on face, bird on top of head. Circumcision mask.
Height
41 cm
Outside Diameter
35 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912
Other Number
221 - Field No SF
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
Ackley, David A. Playing Cards: African Artdeck . Aristoplay, Ltd., 1995.
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Washington, Jemmell'z. "Explore the Treasures of Africa at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, in The Philadelphia Tribune - Sojourner."
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Wardwell, Allen. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania . Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1986. Page/Fig./Plate: 106-107
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Dougherty, Frank. "African Sculpture, in Philadelphia Daily News."
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Hall, Henry U. "Examples of African Art." The Museum Journal 10, no. 3. (1919): 77-101. Page/Fig./Plate: 90
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