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Mask
KongoUnknown
- Attribution
- Kongo Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) or Northern Angola
- Medium
- oval human face with pierced mouth and eyes, arched incised eyebrown; for the Bwami secret society. Legs tribe Wood with brown patina, kaolin around the eyes, and a fringe of bird feathers attached
- Physical dimensions
- H.: 24.8 cm (9 3/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Not recorded by the source.
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