White Painted 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 MASK HAS OVAL FACE ABOVE CYLINDRICAL NECK. FACE IS PAINTED WHITE. HAS LOW-RELIEF THIN HEART-SHAPED BROWS, NARROW SLITS CUT OUT FOR EYES, FLAT NOSE, & NARROW CUT-OUT MOUTH (PAINTED RED). HAIRSTYLE HAS CENTRAL CREST, SHAVED ON BOTH SIDES. HOLES PIERCED ALONG EDGE FOR STRINGING COTTON CORDS. LABEL "S.160" & "84." CONDITION: SOME LOSSES BELOW LEFT JAWLINE. SOME PAINT RESIDUES ON THE INSIDE. CRACKS ALONG EDGE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ashira Bapuna (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: E428146-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 33 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 18 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 17.5 cm