Mask (idangani) / Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo
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- Accession Number
- 1983/2.184
- Title
- Mask (idangani)
- Artist Nationality
- Congolese
- Medium and Support
- dyed fiber, raffia
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1900-1983
- Object Creation Place
- Africa (continent)
- Congo Republic (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Africa (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Congo Republic (nation)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Prof. and Mrs. Horace M. Miner
- Dimensions
- 68.5 cm x 28.2 cm x 32 cm (26 15/16 in. x 11 1/8 in. x 12 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Costume and Costume Accessory
- Primary Object Type
- mask
- Physical Description
- Mask is made entirely of blackish-brown dyed and molded raffia fiber; face has bulging forehead, deeo set narrow eyes, bulbous nose, and raffia “beard.” Top of head has cone-like crest of small fiber knots.
- Subject Matter
- In pre-colonial Sala Mpasu society authority was vested in members of the Matambu warriors’ society who could secure the rights to wear an array of important masks. The most prestigious of these were the idangani, made entirely of woven fiber. These masks represented a husband and wife pair. This mask is female, identified by small fiber knobs that recall a popular woman’s hairstyle.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 965 x 1409
- File Size
- 83 KB
- Record
- 1983/2.184
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"Mask (idangani); Artist Unknown, African, Sala Mpasu Peoples Democratic Republic of the Congo." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1983-sl-2.184/1983_2.184.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.