Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. HOLLOW, CARVED OVAL MASK HAS 2 GROOVES ACROSS FOREHEAD & V-SHAPED GROOVE BETWEEN BROWS. EARS ARE 2 CURVED GROOVES. EYE AREAS ARE RECESSED & COVERED W/ TAN ENCRUSTATION. EYES ARE RAISED SLITS. RAISED THIN NOSE W/ HOLLOWED NOSTRILS. AREA BETWEEN NOSE & MOUTH COVERED W/ SAME ENCRUSTATION. MOUTH IS RECTANGULAR OPENING W/ GROOVED EDGES. 2 PIERCED HOLES ABOVE EARS & A ROW OF HOLES ALONG CHIN. LABELS "PD" "20" "S.66.55" CONDITION: LOSSES OF EDGE AT RIGHT FOREHEAD, BELOW RIGHT EAR, & BEHIND LEFT SIDE OF CHIN . MASKING TAPE RESIDUE BELOW CHIN. BUBBLED AREA ON THE BACK, ABOVE MOUTH OPENING.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Democratic Republic of the Congo (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Lega (?)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428153-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 28.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5.5 cm