Mask
AF1884
From: Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1884 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Baluba |
| Provenience | Zaire | Belgian Congo | Kasai District |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Wooden mask. Elongated oval shaped face; small eyes; incised eyebrows; raised rectangular nose; open mouth; defined chin; three sided square shape protrusion from chin; two pieces of raffia on either side, tied and knotted; face is ornamentally adorned on both sides; incised triangle on square shaped plank below chin; two nails are found on the underside of piece, upper rim, and center of forehead. |
| Height | 32 cm |
| Width | 16 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
| Other Number | 1419 | 24B - Other Number |
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