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Double Headed Ceremonial Mask (Kpelle Mask?)

19th century - 20th century
19th/20th century
394 x 184 mm (15.5 x 7.2 in.)

Anonymous,

Object Type: sculpture

Medium and Support: Carved black wood

Marks: Inscribed by scratching into headdress, left: “B”

Bibliography: Anita Glaze, Art and Death in a Senufo Village.

Credit Line: Gift of Louis LeFevre, 1980

Accession Number: 1980.23.2

Commentary

For funeral dance with hornbill on top; probably never used.

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masks (costume)*, West Africa*

masks (costume) - Coverings for all or part of the face, usually with openings for the eyes and sometimes the mouth; worn to hide or alter the identity of the wearer or for protection.
West Africa - no TGN; based on LC 85001688 ("Africa, West")

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object Dimensions: 394 x 184 mm (15.5 x 7.2 in.)

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Anonymous, . Double Headed Ceremonial Mask (Kpelle Mask?), 19th century - 20th century. Carved black wood. object : 394 x 184 mm (15.5 x 7.2 in.). DAC accession number 1980.23.2. Gift of Louis LeFevre, 1980.

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