Accession No

1922.444


Description

Ceremonial wooden face or helmet mask coloured with a dark pigment. Eyes, nose and mouth carved in high relief; areas below eyes pierced with multiple holes; wide forehead with rectangular projection at the top; carved from a single piece of wood with the interior hollowed with a hole at the top; ten drilled holes around chin for attachments.


Place

Africa; Central Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Kasaï


Period


Source

Clarke, Louis Colville Gray [donor]


Department

Anth


Reference Numbers

1922.444; M 26


Cultural Affliation


Material

Wood; Pigment


Local Term


Measurements

410mm


Events

Description (Labels & Markings)
Museum tag with number written in red ink: 'M 26'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring


Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card: 'Ceremonial wooden mask.'
Event Date 1922
Author: maa


Context (Display)
Lent to Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1935.
Event Date 1935
Author: maa


Description (Physical description)
Prominent eye, nose, mouth and ears. projection on top of head. Holes for ?attachments below chin. Other areas of holes in cheek areas. Crack above left eye. Evidence of some insect damage.
Event Date 26/10/2001
Author: Mark Elliott


Description (Physical description)
Ceremonial wooden face or helmet mask coloured with a dark pigment. Eyes, nose and mouth carved in high relief; areas below eyes pierced with multiple holes; wide forehead with rectangular projection at the top; carved from a single piece of wood with the interior hollowed with a hole at the top; ten drilled holes around chin for attachments.
Event Date 16/11/2022
Author: Katrina Dring


FM:122102

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