Mask
AF1878
From: Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo
Curatorial Section: African
| Object Number | AF1878 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Bayaka |
| Provenience | Zaire | Kasai District | Belgian Congo |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Wood | Fiber |
| Description | Circumcision. Grass fringe. Facial features include, entire face has a crescent like shape to it; off white colored face, bulbous forehead, small horizontal diamond shaped eyes, long thin nose. small opened mouth, incised teeth, two vertical blackened lines below each eye; hairline begins at the top of the forehead, dark brown with vertical crest down the center; two holes on either side represent ears, string put through and around mask. Similiar to AF1872, AF1825, AF1873, AF1876, AF1877. |
| Height | 36 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 24 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. F. G. Umlauff, 1912 |
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