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The following was noted in the museum's main catalogue when this object was received: "Dance mask, wood H: 30 cm W: 13 cm ditto [like III A 772 = Bongo South Sudan]". Shape: Elongated face, pointed nose, rectangular mouth and eye openings. Remains of a moustache, stone chips as teeth Colour: Brown, beige Condition: Good.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Bongo
Object type
Face mask
Dimensions
Gewicht: < 2 kg kg
Height: 30 cm
Width: 13 cm
Depth: 12 cm
Material/Technique
Leather , Wood, Stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III A 774

Provenance and sources

when
19th century
where
South Sudan
who
Bongo
who
Junker, Wilhelm - Collectors
Description
Donation from Dr Wilhelm Junker 1879

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