mask
- Museum number
- Af1971,24.10
- Description
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Man's face mask craved in wood.
- Dimensions
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Height: 24.30 centimetres
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Width: 21.40 centimetres
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Depth: 16 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- (Register comment by John Picton)
Holes at each corner of the mouth suggest that the mask originally represented a man smoking two pipes, carved separately and inserted.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1971
- Acquisition notes
- Af1971,24.1 to 18 is (with the exception of the last) a collection of African carvings purchased from M. Djioum Samba.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1971,24.10