Mask. High, bark cloth-covered transverse crest on wood frame. Bulbous resin and clay-covered forehead. Bulging cheeks, oval everted lips. Features decorated with strips of red cloth and white paper. Knotted netting head covering suspended from wood frames. Height circa 98.0 cm, Width circa 75.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire/Angola, Luena (Luvale).
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Angola
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire/Angola; Luena (Luvale)
Culture or time period:
Luena
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama