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Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15519, described as Mask
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15540, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upward gazing head of man with almond shaped recessed eyes, flaring nostrils, and everted lips. Ridge line carved over top of head from one ear to other. Height 21.0cm, Width 20.2 cm, Length 25.1 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15580, described as Mask. Ntene wood. 1/2 round. Face of man with bulbous forehead. Open mouth with nothced teeth. Greyish cast to upper part of mask. Area behind each ear cracked. Length 30.7 cm, Width 15.5 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15604, described as Container (?), wood. Double iron hook. Decorated with cowrie shells and seed beads inserted in base of container. Oval cross section. Four eyebrow-like slits on one side, two on other. Height 14.5 cm, Length 16.6 cm. From West Africa, Sahel.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15541, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upward tilted head of man with bat-shaped trepanned area over frontal lobe (recessed, but not pierced). Pigmented black hooded eyes, with black pigmented irises and eyebrows. Everted lips and open mouth with carved teeth (central one pigmented black). Height 18.5 cm, Width 17.0 cm, Length 22.6 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15582, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upturned face of man with upturned face, aquiline nose, and tonsured scalp. 1.0 cm perforation near top of skull. Greyish cast to grain. Disproportionately long neck. Height circa 25.0 cm, Width 18.3 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15536, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Head of a man with a bulbous nose, a rectilinear open slot for a mouth, and a protruding chin. Has a black pigmented iris and eyebrows and a blue pigmented skull cap. There is a 0.9 cm depression at the top of the skull. Height 19.5 cm, Width 13.8 cm, Length 23.3 cm. From Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15545, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upthrust head of man with high-domed skull. Flat nose, open (but tight) lips. Residual pigmentation on irises and eyebrows. Circa 1.0 cm circular depression at top of skull. Protruding chin. Height circa 20.0 cm, Width 17.7 cm, Length 25.5 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15544, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upthrust head of man covered with light green wash (?). Open mouth, protruding chin, aquiline nose, painted irises and eyebrows. Tear drop shaped trepanned area (not cut through skull) covering area from behind left ear to top of cranium. Colored dark blue. Height circa 20.5 cm, Width 17.9 cm, Length 25.0 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15543, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Head of man with deformity above forehead. Trepanned area (Length circa 13.0 cm, Width 6.0cm) not cut through bone. Colored in dark blue pigment. Hooded eyelids, painted eyebrows, everted lips, protruding chin, flaring nostrils, and open mouth with pointed teeth. Height circa 19.5 cm, Width 16.9 cm, Lenth 24.2 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.

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