Face Mask ('Chihongo')

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Face Mask ('Chikunga'): Wood face mask with gaunt features, metal teeth and segments of strung, hollow wood as hair.
Face Mask ('Chikunga')

Wood face mask with gaunt features, metal teeth and segments of strung, hollow wood as hair.

Name/Title

Face Mask ('Chihongo')

Entry/Object ID

2019.Br.78

Description

Wood face mask with gaunt features, metal teeth and segments of strung, hollow wood as hair.

Use

To bring fertility, peace, and wealth to the village.

Context

Masquerade celebrations

Collection

Dr. E.D.(Butch) & Judy Brodie African Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Chokwe People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Angola

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Angola

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Chokwe People

Lexicon

Search Terms

Mask, wood, metal, netting

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Class

Performance

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

9-1/8 in

Width

6-5/16 in

Material

Wood, Metal, Plant Fiber

Exhibition

Africa Found: Links and Lineage through Art