H x W x D: 56.8 x 29.5 x 26.4 cm (22 3/8 x 11 5/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Type:
Mask
Geography:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Date:
Mid-20th century
Description:
Wood face mask with bulging forehead, short triangular nose, open mouth with white pointed teeth, pointed chin. From chin hang 3 raffia plaits with openwork cane balls. Netted raffia on top of head is covered in open work cane balls. Wide strips of copper cover face. Interior of mask marked with two largely illegible blue ink stamps - "customs and excise 2 Nov. 1964. Owners paper tag 1244.69; A-245
Provenance:
Herbert Baker, Pacific Palisades, California, -- to 1969
Exhibition History:
African Sculpture, Princeton University Art Museum, February 2-March 14, 1971, no. 150
Published References:
Museum of African Art. 1971. African Sculpture at Princeton University from the Museum of African Art. Washington, D.C.: Museum of African Art, no. 150 (not illustrated).
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