Mask

Museum number:
5-2625
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002625
Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Bark cloth mask; frame of mukenge wood; beeswax overlay: red and white painted stripes; 16 x 19 inches.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Luvale, Mbunda, Luchaze, Kanpala tribe
Culture or time period:
Luvale
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-2625, described as Bark cloth mask; frame of mukenge wood; beeswax overlay: red and white painted stripes; 16 x 19 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-2625, described as Bark cloth mask; frame of mukenge wood; beeswax overlay: red and white painted stripes; 16 x 19 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2625, described as Bark cloth mask; frame of mukenge wood; beeswax overlay: red and white painted stripes; 16 x 19 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2625, described as Bark cloth mask; frame of mukenge wood; beeswax overlay: red and white painted stripes; 16 x 19 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2625, described as Bark cloth mask; frame of mukenge wood; beeswax overlay: red and white painted stripes; 16 x 19 inches.

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