Mask

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Purdue University Galleries

Name/Title

Mask

Entry/Object ID

2001.01.06

Description

Kumu Nsembu Mask

Use

used by the Nkunda Secret society as part of male initiation into adulthood (needs further research and confirmation)

Acquisition

Accession

2001.01

Source or Donor

Thomas D. Slater

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas D. Slater

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Textile Details

Material

Wood, Paint

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Kumu

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mask, Ritual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Religious Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

17 in

Width

10-1/2 in