Polychromed Helmet 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. DEEPLY CARVED, POLYCHROMED HOLLOW WOODEN MASK IS LONG, RECTANGULAR. FEATURES INCLUDE HEART-SHAPED BROWS, LONG NOSE, DIAMOND-SHAPED SLITS FOR EYES, SMALL, OPEN MOUTH, & JUTTING CHIN. SIDES HAVE PIERCED HOLES FOR BRAIDED FIBER CORDS. HAS METAL HOOK IN BACK. FRONT IS PAINTED W/ LEFT HALF IN BLACK, RIGHT HALF IN WHITE. EYES AND MOUTH ARE PAINTED IN RED. CONDITION: VERY POOR W/ MAJOR LOSSES FROM INSECT INFESTATION ALL OVER, ESPECIALLY BOTTOM.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Gabon (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: E428141-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 60 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 25 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 26 cm