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1929.94.9

Carved and wooden painted mask worn at the end of the initiation rites.

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1929.94.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Carved and wooden painted mask worn at the end of the initiation rites.
Long description
Carved and wooden painted mask worn at the end of the initiation rites. The lower lip has a lip plug. The eye holes are covered with hair which looks like eyelashes. The mask is mainly painted in red pigment. There are holes around the edge of the mask. [MJD DDF Body Arts Project 2010/2011 12/08/2010]
Cultural groups
Makonde
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source The exhibition at Dar-es-Salaam
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1929
Date collected
By 1929
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1929
Materials and processes
Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Hair, Process Carved, Process Painted, Process Glued
Dimensions
Length 232 mm, Width: max 140 mm inside
Object numbers
Accession number: 1929.94.9

Search terms: Mask, Ritual and Ceremonial, Religion, Ceremonial Object, Religious Object

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