Creation Date:
20th century Earliest:1900 Latest:1999
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Creation Place/Original Location: Angola
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Styles/Periods/ Groups/ Movements
Indexing Terms: Muzamba style
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Measurements
Dimensions Description: 39.1 cm (height)
(15 3/8 inches)
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Value:39.1 Unit: cm Type:
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Materials and Techniques
Description: wood, raffia, metal, and
kaolin
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Material Names:
wood
raffia metal kaolin Technique Names:
carving tying
gluing
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Subject Matter
Indexing Terms:
religion/mythology
apparel
human figure
face
ceremonial object
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Context
Archeological Context-Discovery/Excavation Place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Descriptive Note
Text: Collected in Democratic Republic
of the Congo; probably from Angola. In Chokwe villages
masks are worn by men in dances to invoke ancestral
spirits, to represent spirits found in nature, or to
represent men and women or wild animals in a narrative
story.
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Citations: National Museum of African
Art online Page: accessed 17 July 2006
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Current Location
Repository Name/Geographic Location:
National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
(Washington, DC, United States) Repository Numbers:
85-15-20