Head, carved wooden. Hollow. Realistic features. Grey paint on face and head, incised tattoo marks on face. Height 25 centimeters, length 28.5 centimeters. From Africa, East Tanzania and Mozambique, Makonde.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Southeast Tanzania or Northern Mozambique
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; E. Tanzania and Mozambique; Makonde
Culture or time period:
Makonde
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960/1961
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions