IDNO

T.177891.JCP

Description

On typed listing: "49.3; Liberian masks at house of Dr. Sadler; Kitwe (Ma; mask); 14.12.61; Zambia; Copperbelt; Liberia; masks; Dr. Sadler; Kitwe; wood carving; craft; present"

Three wooden masks from Liberia, They are generally oval and with a ridge or groove cutting the shape in four, where the horizontal ridge represents the eyes. The noses are triangular, and the mouth directly below it. [FG 14/08/2025]

Place

S Africa; Zambia; Copperbelt Province; Kitwe District

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Dr. Sadler

Photographer

Chaplin, Jim

Collector / Expedition

Date

14 December 1961

Collection Name

Chaplin Collection

Source

Format

Colour Transparency

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.177259.JCP - ... were located together in a apple box, now numbered C795/.

T.177809.JCP - T.178062.JCP were located in a slide drawer chest inside a red box now numbered C795/3.

T.79532001.JCP - T.79532080.JCP were located in a slide drawer now numbered C795/3/2.