Painted Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1966
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. VETTED BY WILLIAM FAGG, PHILIP DARK, & WILLIAM SOROTO FOR HMSG. FAGG CONSIDERED THIS TO BE "GOOD PIECE" FROM NORTHERN CAMEROON, PERHAPS EITHER GABON OR NGUMBA, A NORTHERN BRANCH OF THE FANG. DARK BELIEVED THIS CAME FROM SOUTHERN CAMEROON. SIROTO COMMENTED "NOT BAD" AND DEFINITELY WAS "FROM CENTRAL GABON," BUT NOT SURE IF IT WAS FANG. ALSO THOUGHT IT HAD AN UNUSUAL MOUTH BIT. JH PURCHASED FROM JJ KLEJMAN OF NY IN 9/25/64. RECTANGULAR CARVED MASK IS HOLLOW, TOP GENTLY ROUNDED & FLAT. HIGH RELIEF FEATURES INCLUDE HEART-SHAPED BROWS & STRAIGHT NOSE. RECTANGULAR SLITS FOR EYES & LIGHT ROUND DEPRESSION FOR MOUTH. HAS RAISED VERTICAL LINE DIVIDING FOREHEAD; RIGHT SIDE PAINTED WHITE, LEFT SIDE NATURALLY BROWN. LEFT CHEEK PAINTED WHITE; OTHER CHEEK UNPAINTED. HAS HOLES ON EITHER SIDE OF JAWS W/ FIBER STRING CONNECTING BOTH HOLES. CONDITION: LOSSES ALONG EDGES.
label: Notes
content: SI ARCHIVES ACC. 86-136, BOX 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 May 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Gabon (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Fang (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428135-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 34 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 21 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 11 cm