Female Beauty Mask (Mwano Pwo)

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

Female Beauty Mask (Mwano Pwo): Wood face mask with incised scarification, slit eyes, carved teeth, and braided fiber wig.
Female Beauty Mask (Mwano Pwo)

Wood face mask with incised scarification, slit eyes, carved teeth, and braided fiber wig.

Name/Title

Female Beauty Mask (Mwano Pwo)

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.151

Description

Medium wood face mask with incised scarification, slit eyes, carved teeth, and braided fiber wig.

Collection

Jonathan A. Campbell & Tanya G. Dowdey African Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Chokwe People

Attribution

Attributed to

Role

Maker

Date made

circa 1950

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Angola

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Angola

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Chokwe People

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Masks

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Mask

Category

Costume

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Width

5-1/2 in

Depth

4 in

Material

Wood, Plant Fiber