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African Mask CDWA / African Mask

Object/Work	*Catalog Level:* item *Type:* mask	Controlled list Authority
Classification	*Terms:* sculpture costume African art	Controlled list
Titles or Names	*Text:* Mask (Pwo) Preference: preferred Type: repository	Free text Controlled list
Creation	*Creator Description:* unknown Chokwe	Free text
	*Identity:* unknown Chokwe *Role:* artist	Authority Authority
	*Creation Date:* 20th century *Earliest:* 1900 *Latest:* 1999	Free text Controlled format
	*Creation Place/Original Location:* Angola	Free text Controlled format
Styles/Periods/ Groups/ Movements	*Indexing Terms:* Muzamba style	Authority
Measurements	*Dimensions Description:* 39.1 cm (height) (15 3/8 inches)	Free text
	*Value:* 39.1 *Unit:* cm Type: height	Controlled format and Controlled lists
Materials and Techniques	*Description:* wood, raffia, metal, and kaolin	Free text
	*Material Names:* wood raffia metal kaolin Technique Names: carving tying gluing	Authority
Subject Matter	*Indexing Terms:* religion/mythology apparel human figure face ceremonial object	Authority
Context	*Archeological Context-Discovery/Excavation Place:* Democratic Republic of the Congo	Authority
Descriptive Note	*Text:* Collected in Democratic Republic of the Congo; probably from Angola. In Chokwe villages masks are worn by men in dances to invoke ancestral spirits, to represent spirits found in nature, or to represent men and women or wild animals in a narrative story.	Free text
	*Citations:* National Museum of African Art online Page: accessed 17 July 2006	Authority
Current Location	Repository Name/Geographic Location: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, DC, United States) *Repository Numbers:* 85-15-20	Authority Free text
Image credits: Unknown Chokwe; Mask (pwo); 20th century; wood, raffia, metal, kaolin; 39.1 cm (height) (15 3/8 inches); National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, District of Columbia, USA); 85-15-20.

Revised 28 August 2006