Mask

Museum number:
5-15543
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015543
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
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.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Tanzania
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Bantu, Makonde
Culture or time period:
Bantu
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
circa 1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
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.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with 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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