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1942.13.251

Pottery mask. Depicting a human face with lozenge-shaped eyes, and a rounded hairstyle/headress with a ?cowrie shell pattern. The pottery is black in colour and the underside of the mask is hollow. [AB [OPS Move] 30/08/2016]


1942.13.251

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Collection type
Object
Description
Pottery mask. Depicting a human face with lozenge-shaped eyes, and a rounded hairstyle/headress with a ?cowrie shell pattern. The pottery is black in colour and the underside of the mask is hollow. [AB [OPS Move] 30/08/2016]
Geographical reference
Province du Nord-Ouest Bamenda
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1942
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Process Modelled, Process Moulded
Dimensions
Height: max 199 mm, Depth: max 170 mm, Width: max 148 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.251 Other numbers: 716

Search terms: Figure, Pottery, Mask