Mask cast with human facial features. [ZM 30/04/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Mask cast with human facial features. [ZM 30/04/2013]
Long description: Brass mask of a bearded human face with the mouth open, with a triangular gap between the two top front teeth, wearing a headdress with a lined pattern and two chameleons. Open holes for the nostrils. A circular loop at the top. [ZM 30/04/2013]
Geographical reference: Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon; Province du Nord-Ouest Bamenda
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Cast
Dimensions: Depth: max 85 mm, Width: max 185 mm, Length: max 290 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.430 Other numbers: 385

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