Wooden Ndaka mask
Title:
Wooden Ndaka mask
Date:
1951
Description:
Wooden face decorated with white paint, straw beard, nose holes; face has white dots, outlined nose and lips; carved crown decorated with white strips; string attached through holes in the back; origin Ndaka people of the Ituri rainforest.
Collection Title:
Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection Contributing Institution:
Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston Media Type:
Objects Topical Subject:
Masks--Africa, Central and Masks--Africa, Sub-Saharan Geographic Subject:
Africa , Africa, Sub-Saharan , Africa, Central , Congo (Democratic Republic) , and Ituri Forest (Congo) Shelving Locator:
1989.001.132a
Date Digital:
2009-08
Digitization Specifications:
300 dpi; Nikon D80 camera; archival images in .tif and .nef formats.
Internet Media Type:
image/jpeg
Copyright Status Statement:
Copyright status undetermined.
Access Information:
For more information contact archivist at the Avery Research Center, 125 Bull Street, Charleston, SC 29424.
Admin ID:
31391
