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Title	Wooden mask
Date	circa 1951-1971
Material Type	Masks (costumes)
Description	Wooden face mask with red horns, straw beard, holes for the eyes, and white painted designs; origin Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ndaka people.
Dimensions	Height: 79 cm; Width: 66 cm.
Subject	Masks -- Africa, Central Masks -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Geographic Region	Africa Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Congo (Democratic Republic) Ituri Forest (Congo)
Collector	Towles, Joseph A. Turnbull, Colin M.
Collection in Repository	Joseph A. Towles Artifact Collection
Call Number	1989.001.030
Holding Institution	Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston
Digital Collection	Avery Research Center Artifact Collection
Rights	Digital image copyright 2009, The College of Charleston Libraries. All rights reserved. For more information contact The College of Charleston Library, Charleston, SC 29424.
Media Type	Objects

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