Mask
AF1872
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1872 |
| 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. |
| Height | 27 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 29 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 263 - Original Number |
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