Rare calabash face mask "mbubu"

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Description

pumpkin, plant fibre, clay-like mass, colour pigments (yellow and red ochre, kaolin), base

Only a few specimens of these gourd masks are found in museums or private collections. For a similar object that is located in the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, see African Heritage Documentation & Research Centre, no. 0095473.

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Comparing literature

Dagan, Esther A., The African Calabash, New York 1988

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