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Start Over Object class Masks (costume) Culture or time period Bantu
Hearst Museum object titled Buttons, accession number 5-16415a-h, described as Ba-Pende mask buttons, carved ivory, flange on back to attach buttons.
Hearst Museum object titled Chair, accession number 5-11724, described as Chair, Zaire, Chokwe (Tu-Chokwe). March, 1976. 5-11724, acc no. 3219, file code 3.1. Collector: Axel M. Peterson. Donor: Exchange with M.H. DeYoung Mem. <us. for 5-3202 (Univ. Endowment Fund). Materials, techniques: carved dark brown wood Context of use: (includes role in trade) Chief's chair. The standing female figures represent female ancestral couple. Description: Chair; small carved dark brown wood chair; posts at rear surmounted by standing anthropomorphic female figures; panel in-between has incised geom. designs and mask-like anthropomorphic head; 4 stretchers carved with incised geom. designs; h. 41 cm.; w. seat 22 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Costume, accession number 5-2626a-c, described as A) Dance costume (Likishi) made of looped fiber; root of musamba; shirt (chivuvu) with gloved hands; red and black. B) Leggings (mikono); same material and technique as (A). Mask similar to 2625 worn. This costume is used by male dancers in the circumcision ceremonies to frighten the young initiates, and can be used with various masks such as the kapongo. A special man knits the costume (a boy who has learned the secrets after his initiation) but has no special tribal name. The costume is made by the Luvale, Chokwe, Mbunda, Luchase and Kanpala tribes, of the roots of the musamba which is made into fiber by rolling it on the theigh and then it is knitted.
Hearst Museum object titled Face mask, accession number 5-4408, described as Mask; wood; black; carved 21 cm h.
Hearst Museum object titled Face mask, accession number 5-2455, described as Carved wooden face mask; incised linear decoration; painted black; 8 3/8 inches long; 4.5 inches wide.
Hearst Museum object titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6238, described as mask; cloth and wood helmet; flat top w/ cowrie shells; oval face; bulbous slit eyes; diagonal stripes on cheeks; h. 36 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Life cast, accession number 12-5312, described as Mask: Waganda (Bantu). Male, 28. Notice: Image restricted due to its potentially sensitive nature. Contact Museum to request access.
Hearst Museum object titled Life cast, accession number 12-5316, described as Mask: Indegeno Camerun. Male, 32. From Museum of Anthropology, Florence.
Hearst Museum object titled Life cast, accession number 12-5313, described as Mask: Waganda (Bantu). Female, 29.
Hearst Museum object titled Life cast, accession number 12-5314, described as Mask: Kikuju (Kenya). Male, 45. From Museum of Anthropology, Florence.

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