Mask

Museum number:
5-5957
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2443
Description:
Wood mask with contorted nose and mouth; left half of face stained black; right half stained white; slit right eye; left eye closed and drilled; holes pierced through at edge of mask. Height 27 cm.
Donor:
William W. Burd
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Congo; Ba Pende attrib.
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Materials, techniques: wood, carved, and stained; drilled
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5957, described as Wood mask with contorted nose and mouth; left half of face stained black; right half stained white; slit right eye; left eye closed and drilled; holes pierced through at edge of mask. Height 27 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5957, described as Wood mask with contorted nose and mouth; left half of face stained black; right half stained white; slit right eye; left eye closed and drilled; holes pierced through at edge of mask. Height 27 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5957, described as Wood mask with contorted nose and mouth; left half of face stained black; right half stained white; slit right eye; left eye closed and drilled; holes pierced through at edge of mask. Height 27 cm.

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