Mask

Museum number:
5-15581
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015581
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upturned face of man with protruding chin, bulging cheeks, open mouth with tongue protruding. Tonsured head. Wood plug for hole in top of skull. Large crack from left ear to top of skull. Greyish cast to grain of carving. Disproportionately large neck. Height circa 23.5 cm, Width 18.8 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Mkonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Tanzania
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 5-15581, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upturned face of man with protruding chin, bulging cheeks, open mouth with tongue protruding. Tonsured head. Wood plug for hole in top of skull. Large crack from left ear to top of skull. Greyish cast to grain of carving. Disproportionately large neck. Height circa 23.5 cm, Width 18.8 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Mkonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15581, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upturned face of man with protruding chin, bulging cheeks, open mouth with tongue protruding. Tonsured head. Wood plug for hole in top of skull. Large crack from left ear to top of skull. Greyish cast to grain of carving. Disproportionately large neck. Height circa 23.5 cm, Width 18.8 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Mkonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.

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