Polychromed 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. CARVED HOLLOW WOODEN ELONGATED OVAL MASK IS SCREWED TO A METAL MOUNT ON THIN BLACK RECTANGULAR BASE. HAS A DARK-BROWN PATINA W/ PAINTED AREAS IN WHITE AND RED. FEATURES ARE HIGHLY STYLIZED W/ LONG, DOMED FOREHEAD, BULGING ALMOND-SHAPED EYES & 2 SMALL RECTANGULAR SLITS BETWEEN THEM, AND FLAT WIDE NOSE. CHIN & JAWS ARE RIDGED W/ THE ENDS MEETING TO FORM A SQUARE OPENING (MOUTH?). MASK OPENING IS PIERCED ALL AROUND. BASE HAS LABELS: "PD"; "02"; "S.66.54."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Central (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428151-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 43.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 17.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 17 cm