Head mask

Museum number:
5-4375
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1375
Description:
Mask; round resin covered fiber; teeth; circles on cheeks; black with red cloth and white paper. Length 28 cm. Sorcerer crawls and shakes all over like an old man or animal, before he eats the flesh of a man.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Angola
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Angola; Sanjolomba; Luena
Culture or time period:
Luvale
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Head mask, accession number 5-4375, described as Mask; round resin covered fiber; teeth; circles on cheeks; black with red cloth and white paper. Length 28 cm. Sorcerer crawls and shakes all over like an old man or animal, before he eats the flesh of a man.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Head mask, accession number 5-4375, described as Mask; round resin covered fiber; teeth; circles on cheeks; black with red cloth and white paper. Length 28 cm. Sorcerer crawls and shakes all over like an old man or animal, before he eats the flesh of a man.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Head mask, accession number 5-4375, described as Mask; round resin covered fiber; teeth; circles on cheeks; black with red cloth and white paper. Length 28 cm. Sorcerer crawls and shakes all over like an old man or animal, before he eats the flesh of a man.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head mask, accession number 5-4375, described as Mask; round resin covered fiber; teeth; circles on cheeks; black with red cloth and white paper. Length 28 cm. Sorcerer crawls and shakes all over like an old man or animal, before he eats the flesh of a man.

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