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.
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)