Mask

85-50-1

From: Congo

Curatorial Section: African

Object Number 85-50-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Kuba (African culture)
Provenience Congo
Date Made 1900-1925
Section African
Materials Wood | Metal | Raffia
Description

Painted wood. Attached pieces of plate brass covering nose, mouth and lower portion of the face. Feather headdress surmounting a woven fiber cap embroidered with glass trade beads and cowrie shels. Raffia beard attached around chin area.

Credit Line Gift of Nancy Dubrow, 1985

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