Mask
58-17-91
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | 58-17-91 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bapende |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Face half white, half dark brown, split vertically, red dot on forehead; perforated left eyelid; swollen forehead; nose twisted to its left; woven head covering with rows of criss-crossed black stitches; woven raphia fringe around lower half of face attached below ears. |
| Height | 35.5 cm |
| Width | 24.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Bequest of Harry B. Wright, 1958 |
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