Mask
ClassificationsClothing and Adornments-masks
Culture
Yaka
Date20th Century
Made AtDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumWood, cloth, raffia and pigment
Dimensions27 3/4 × 18 × 10 1/2 in. (70.5 × 45.7 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineBowers Museum General Acquisition Fund Purchase
Object number90.20.3
DescriptionNigera initiation mask (human): wood carved mask; painted white orange. Pointed ornament top with 3 circular disc going large at bottom to small at top, painted orange white, blue. Designs paint on point. This mask was actually used.On View
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