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Face Mask

Artwork title: Face Mask

Wood face mask painted in geometric pattern with brown, white, ochre, and terracotta. Top decorated with band of cowrie shells and blue, green, and white glass beads attached to burlap. Black glass beads on eyebrows. Cowrie shells and green and white glass beads attached to burlap strip over nose, mouth, and chin.

Artist: Kuba peoples

Sculptures
— Wood
11 x 7 x 4 1/2 in.
African
Gift of the Reverend and Mrs. John S. Ragland (Cherry) in memory of her parents The Reverend and Mrs. William T. Mulcay, Sr. who lived in the Belgian Congo for 18 years.
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