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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