Mask
97-18-25
From: Zaire
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 97-18-25 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Yaka |
Provenience | Zaire |
Section | African |
Materials | Wood | Pigment | Cloth | Raffia |
Technique | Carved | Painted |
Description | Carved wood. Painted with blue, red and white pigment is a typical style with an upward curving nose, carved teeth, narrow eye slits set in oval shapes outlined on the upper edge with a red and blue dot design. Elaborate headdress of wood and fiber with pointed, telescoping shapes painted with a stripe and dot design. Raffia skirt attached to headdress and extending to bottom of the mask. |
Length | 85.5 cm |
Width | 43 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Dr. & Mrs. Robert M. Hill II, 1997 |
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