Mask

Museum number:
5-15579
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015579
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Mask. Ntene wood. 1/2 round. Face of man with elongated nose. Pursed lipped open mouth. Holes partially drilled for nose and eyes. White corneas, white lips. Gray wash covering entire rest of face. Length 28.4 cm, Width 16.3 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
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 5-15579, described as Mask. Ntene wood. 1/2 round. Face of man with elongated nose. Pursed lipped open mouth. Holes partially drilled for nose and eyes. White corneas, white lips. Gray wash covering entire rest of face. Length 28.4 cm, Width 16.3 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15579, described as Mask. Ntene wood. 1/2 round. Face of man with elongated nose. Pursed lipped open mouth. Holes partially drilled for nose and eyes. White corneas, white lips. Gray wash covering entire rest of face. Length 28.4 cm, Width 16.3 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.

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