Mask (hemba)
Mask (hemba)
Mask (hemba)
Mask (hemba)
Mask (hemba)
Mask (hemba)

Currently not on view

Mask (hemba),

early 20th century

Suku artist
2013-34

Information

Title
Mask (hemba)
Dates

early 20th century

Maker
Suku artist
Medium
Wood, paint, and kaolin
Dimensions
47.8 x 23.7 x 26.0 cm (18 13/16 x 9 5/16 x 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Perry E. H. Smith, Class of 1957
Object Number
2013-34
Place Made

Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province

Culture
African, Suku
Type
masks (costume), ceremonial objects
Materials
kaolin, wood, paint
Techniques
carving, incising, painting (coating)
Subject
initiations, masquerades, birds, faces

purchased by Perry E.H. Smith in Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) between 1971 and circa 1975; Princeton University Art Museum, 2013

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