Mask

Museum number:
5-4516
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1375
Description:
Mask; resin over cotton cloth; helmet with false eyes painted over metal; crest; brown, white and black; 47 cms. h.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Dilolo Gare, Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Dilolo Gare; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #31: Fiberworks Center for the Textile Arts (December 30, 1981–February 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-4516, described as Mask; resin over cotton cloth; helmet with false eyes painted over metal; crest; brown, white and black; 47 cms. h.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-4516, described as Mask; resin over cotton cloth; helmet with false eyes painted over metal; crest; brown, white and black; 47 cms. h.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-4516, described as Mask; resin over cotton cloth; helmet with false eyes painted over metal; crest; brown, white and black; 47 cms. h.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-4516, described as Mask; resin over cotton cloth; helmet with false eyes painted over metal; crest; brown, white and black; 47 cms. h.

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