Wooden and painted helmet mask with a row of feathers attached around the top. This mask is part of a masquerade costume. For the grass fringe for this mask see 1910.1.162 .2 . [CW [OPS move] 20/9/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Wooden and painted helmet mask with a row of feathers attached around the top. This mask is part of a masquerade costume. For the grass fringe for this mask see 1910.1.162 .2 . [CW [OPS move] 20/9/2016]
Long description: Wooden mask with carved out square eye holes either side of a nose-style projection. Painted on the outside with a red and white design. Around the top of the mask is a row of feathers threaded on plant fibre, which is nailed and pinned to the mask. There is a split in the wood along one side of the mask. The mask comes with a grass fringe, which is detached and numbered separately as 1910.1.162 .2 [ZM 14/05/2013]
Geographical reference: Congo, Democratic Republic of
Africa > Central Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of; Kasongo
Cultural groups: Tetela
Person: Field collector Emil Torday; PRM source Emil Torday
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1909
Date collected: 1907 - 1909
Acquisition information: Donated: 1910
Materials and processes: Material Wood Plant, Material Pigment, Material Bird Feather, Material Plant Fibre, Process Painted, Process Carved, Process Twisted, Process Nailed
Dimensions: Height: max 652 mm, Depth: max 277 mm, Width: max 620 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1910.1.162.1

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