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- Title
- Pwo Mask
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, African, Chokwe Peoples Angola
- Physical Description
- A naturalistic rendering of a human face. Eyes carved in relief are convex and almond-shaped with narrow slits and are placed in round, concave eye sockets. Nose is slender at the bridge and rounded at the tip. The horizontal mouth is partially opened. Half rounded ears display metal loops. The "hair" is attached with a cloth headband high on forehead and is made from clay and red tukula powder. The face shows striated, scarifcation patters underneath and to the sides of the eyes; the forehead shows is a chingelyengelye cross motif. The patina is smooth and redish brown in color.
- Century
- 19th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1890
- Accession Number
- 2005/1.201
- Medium and Support
- wood, tukula powder, clay, string, metal, fur, snakeskin, cloth
- relevance
- rank 0.00000