Mask

Museum number:
5-15578
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015578
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. head of man with jutting chin, open mouth, and pug nose. With carved, green wash skull cap. Black painted eyebrows and pupils. Entire face upthrust. Height circa 20.5 cm, Width 17.0 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salam.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Tanzania; Bantu, Makonde
Culture or time period:
Makonde
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15578, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. head of man with jutting chin, open mouth, and pug nose. With carved, green wash skull cap. Black painted eyebrows and pupils. Entire face upthrust. Height circa 20.5 cm, Width 17.0 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salam.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15578, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. head of man with jutting chin, open mouth, and pug nose. With carved, green wash skull cap. Black painted eyebrows and pupils. Entire face upthrust. Height circa 20.5 cm, Width 17.0 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salam.

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