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Mask (Mbuya) of Chief (Phumbu)

Culture: Pende (Western)
Medium: Wood, pigment, raffia, fiber
Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Dimensions: 17 5/16 x 11 in. (44.0 x 27.9 cm)
Collections: Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 56.6.4
Credit Line: Gift of Arturo and Paul Peralta-Ramos
Image: Overall, 56.6.4_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Mask with dark yellow-beige facial portion, protruding forehead, up-turned nose. Scarification marks on cheeks and forehead, painted black and white. Woven mat at edges of chin, beard of curled raffia. Four pointed, black fibre headdress, white pigment on knobs at temples, eyes, and teeth. Continuous black eyebrow. CONDITION: Facial portion fair; headdress and beard poor.

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