FMNH 219.nosub[1]

  • 219 mwana pwo, wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chokue or Chokwe Mask Mwana Pwo, meaning young woman, carved wood. Note from Anthro Albums says "Cat 219"
  • 219 mwana pwo, wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chokue or Chokwe Mask Mwana Pwo, meaning young woman, carved wood. Note from Anthro Albums says "Cat 219" Chokwe mask from Angola. Gift of Dr. Mesquitela Lima, Director of Museu de Angola, Luanda, Angola. (Accession no. 3174).
  • 219 mwana pwo, wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Chokue or Chokwe Mask Mwana Pwo, meaning young woman, carved wood. Note from Anthro Albums says "Cat 219" Chokwe mask from Angola. Gift of Dr. Mesquitela Lima, Director of Museu de Angola, Luanda, Angola. (Accession no. 3174).
  • 219 mwana pwo, wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: E. Leland [Lee] Webber, and Dr. Mesquitela Lima. Director of Museu de Angola, Luanda, Angola Africa posing in the Anthropology area, Photo Albums on shelves The Chokwe mask is a gift from the museum.
  • 219 mwana pwo, wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: E. Leland [Lee] Webber, and Dr. Mesquitela Lima. Director of Museu de Angola, Luanda, Angola Africa posing in the Anthropology area, Photo Albums on shelves The Chokwe mask is a gift from the museum.
  • 219 mwana pwo, wood mask
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: E. Leland [Lee] Webber, and Dr. Mesquitela Lima. Director of Museu de Angola, Luanda, Angola Africa posing in the Anthropology area, Photo Albums on shelves The Chokwe mask is a gift from the museum.
  • 219: E
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: E. Leland [Lee] Webber, and Dr. Mesquitela Lima. Director of Museu de Angola, Luanda, Angola Africa posing in the Anthropology area, Photo Albums on shelves The Chokwe mask is a gift from the museum.
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    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: scan of catalog card
Catalog Number: 219.nosub[1]
Description: mask
Materials: wood, vegetal fiber
Cultural Attribution: Chokwe
Accession Number: [3174] M. Lima (Gift)
Accession Year: 1971
Other Numbers: 102546, 102547, 102548, GN82003 | GN82003_1 | GN82003_2 | GN82003_3
Collector/Source: Mesquitela Lima, Mesquitela Lima
EMu IRN: 1123925
GUID: 56a03c10-2b54-4217-95e0-8bb6e3c7df2f

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