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Hemba

Mask Representing a Monkey

Hemba, 1900-1966

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Hemba

Mask Representing a Monkey

Hemba, 1900-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, black pigment, 14.8 H x 10.4 W x 5.5 D cm.
Credit Line Anonymous Gift
Object Number 1999.166
Mask with open jaw, a long tubular nose, a small disk on the top, and a gash on the proper left side.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; Howard Cohen, Baltimore

Inscribed: Donor's label marked '577'.

Culture

Hemba

2000–2000

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