FMNH 210164.nosub[1]

  • 210164 wood mask
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: wood, paint carved hair, wide face, pair of small horns in front and back. Helmet mask used in rites of Bundu women's society. Ht. 40 cm
  • 210164 wood mask
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: wood, paint carved hair, wide face, pair of small horns in front and back. Helmet mask used in rites of Bundu women's society. Ht. 40 cm
  • 210164 wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Mask, carved hair, wide face, pair of small horns in front and back. Helmet mask used in rites of Bundu women's society. Ht. 40 cm
  • 210164 wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Mask, carved hair, wide face, pair of small horns in front and back. Helmet mask used in initiation rites of Bundu women's society
  • 210164 wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: helmet mask paint, wood [verify cat#]
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    Scanner: Marissa Rivera : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Emma Cieslik : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology Collections
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum-Ethnology | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 22-58 | ENT | Provenience: Sierra Leone | People or Culture: Mende | Object: Mask [Bundu Society] [function ascribed] | Material: Wood, painted, or stained black | Description: A helmet mask, roughly hemispherical in shape representing a humanoid face, and head. Ornate headdress depicted in low relief with knob surmounting it. Two horns standing up in front, two in the rear. Openings for eyes. | Dimensions (in cm.): Ht. 40 W. 20 | Collection: Mr. & Mrs. C.L. Frederick Collected 1959 GIFT | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 210164 | Field No. | Neg No. | Acc. 2688 | [BACK] [ILLUSTRATION] [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] DIPc |
Catalog Number: 210164.nosub[1]
Description: mask
Materials: wood, paint
Cultural Attribution: Mende
Accession Number: [2688] Frederick, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. : Lake Shore Athletic Club (Gift)
Accession Year:
Other Numbers: A114324_06d, A114324_03d, A97074 and / or A97074c, A105153c_F8496
Collector/Source: Frederick : Lake Shore Athletic Club, Frederick : Lake Shore Athletic Club
EMu IRN: 1115172
GUID: d850bf3c-61bf-44ab-befa-ba2272f60447

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