Painted Mask W/ Raffia Hair And Beard
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. RECTANGULAR CARVED WOODEN HOLLOW MASK HAS POINTED OVAL FACE. TOP OF FOREHEAD PAINTED PINK, THE REST IN WHITE. HEART-SHAPED BROWS PAINTED BLACK, SMALL TRIANGULAR NOSE, LONG SLITS FOR EYES OUTLINED IN PINK, OVAL OPEN MOUTH IN PINK. REST OF FACE IN WHITE EXCEPT FOR CHEEKS AND A VERTICAL STRIP (IN PINK) RUNNING DOWN CENTER OF CHIN. HAS SHORT DARK-BROWN HAIR IN RAFFIA. JAWLINES COVERED W/ STRIP OF LEATHER NAILED TO SURFACE. LONG RAFFIA BEARD IS ATTACHED AT ENDS. BACK HAS BRAIDED FIBER STRIPS. LABELS "15." CONDITION: RAFFIA IS FALLING OUT. VERY DUSTY.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ashira Bapunu (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: E428148-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 51 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 37.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 12 cm