Mask

Museum number:
5-15546
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015546
Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upthrust head of man, straight nose, openwork, open mouth. 0.7 cm circular depression on top of skull. Stylized protruding chin and jawline. Pained (?) expression on mouth and eyes. Height circa 20.0 cm, Width 17.7 cm, Length 23.9 cm. From East 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 5-15546, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upthrust head of man, straight nose, openwork, open mouth. 0.7 cm circular depression on top of skull. Stylized protruding chin and jawline. Pained (?) expression on mouth and eyes. Height circa 20.0 cm, Width 17.7 cm, Length 23.9 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15546, described as Mask, helmet type. Ntene wood, hollow. Upthrust head of man, straight nose, openwork, open mouth. 0.7 cm circular depression on top of skull. Stylized protruding chin and jawline. Pained (?) expression on mouth and eyes. Height circa 20.0 cm, Width 17.7 cm, Length 23.9 cm. From East Africa, Tanzania, Bantu, Makonde, near Dar-es-Salaam.

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