Mask

Museum number:
5-15542
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Mask. Ntene wood, hollow. High relief head of man with hooded eyelids, high forehead, protruding chin, and open work. Open mouth with pink tongue pointing outward to its left. 0.8 cm hole drilled through top of head. Height 12.5 cm, Width 16.0 cm, Length 25.5 cm. From 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
Collection date:
circa 1960
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 5-15542, described as Mask. Ntene wood, hollow. High relief head of man with hooded eyelids, high forehead, protruding chin, and open work. Open mouth with pink tongue pointing outward to its left. 0.8 cm hole drilled through top of head. Height 12.5 cm, Width 16.0 cm, Length 25.5 cm. From Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15542, described as Mask. Ntene wood, hollow. High relief head of man with hooded eyelids, high forehead, protruding chin, and open work. Open mouth with pink tongue pointing outward to its left. 0.8 cm hole drilled through top of head. Height 12.5 cm, Width 16.0 cm, Length 25.5 cm. From Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.

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