Ceremonial Mask of Benevolent Woman
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Ceremonial Mask of Benevolent Woman
MediumWood, plant fiber, textile, orange, black, and white pigment
Dimensions14 × 9 × 4 1/2 in. (35.6 × 22.9 × 11.4 cm)
ClassificationsMask / Headdress
Credit LineGift of Dr. Irving Welfield, Washington, DC, 1991
Object number
AAA300
DescriptionTag: "Ceremonial mask, Pende people of Zaire, carved wood, raffia, cloth braided fiber, Gift of Dr. Irving Welfield, Washington, DC, 1991"; Orange painted mask of carved wood with white carved triangle motifs on either cheek, dark eyebrows, and incised white lines on forehead; woven plant fiber is sewn to chin with dark plant fiber; top of mask has dark cloth horns; one on either side and one in front and one in back; twisted purple and blue wire has seen been attached to the back of the mask via screwed nooks for hangingStatus
Not on view
