Ba-Chokwe “maiden” mask, carved and painted wood; woven plaited fiber wig attached to mask by a series of holes around the perimeter; scarification represented on forehead, cheeks and chin.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Arica; Congo; Chokwe
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1966
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 19.5 centimeters, width 16.9 centimeters, and length 5 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Bascom, 1973:108SlideB/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: W 2-Bascom-2