FMNH 210167.nosub[1]
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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 | Material: Wood, black paint | Description: A helmet mask, Janus faced, carved and painted black, representing a humanoid head. [a face facing forward and one facing to the rear] Headdress carved in low relief representing cowrie shells in rows. | Dimensions (in cm.): Ht. 43 W. 20 | Collection: Mr. & Mrs. C.L. Frederick Collected 1959 GIFT | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 210167 | Field No. | Neg No. | Acc. 2688 |Catalog Number: 210167.nosub[1]Description: maskMaterials: wood, paintCultural Attribution: MendeAccession Number: [2688] Frederick, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence L. : Lake Shore Athletic Club (Gift)Accession Year:Other Numbers: A97073Collector/Source: Frederick : Lake Shore Athletic Club, Frederick : Lake Shore Athletic ClubEMu IRN: 1115177GUID: cb64a87e-5f23-44ff-934e-d7165c5dbfab
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