File:Brooklyn Museum 78.240 Kuma Mask.jpg
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English: Kuma Mask
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Title |
English: Kuma Mask |
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Description |
English: Polychrome wooden mask. The pigments used are white, ochre, red-brown and black. They are applied to the face of the mask in a triangular pattern. The nose is a long narrow ridge. The mouth is square shaped and painted red-brown. The eye holes are void squares. Ears are horse-shoe shaped. Extending horizontally out from the center of the forehead is a long, sweeping beak resembling that of a toucan bird. Starting at the back of the head and curving horizontally over the dome-shaped head is a sweeping curved horn. The proper right side of the mask has been painted with red-brown pigments; the proper left side has only traces of reddish-brown pigment because of erosion. There are drill holes on sides and bottom of mask for attachment.
English: This mask blends features of a hornbill bird, or kuma, with the horn of a buffalo, or tu, combining animals associated with great wisdom and danger. Men wearing such masks perform at the initiation rites to men's societies, at the funerals of important male elders, and at annual harvest ceremonies. The fact that this mask has only one buffalo horn may indicate that its design was transferred between clans, in which case the original form, with two horns, would have been slightly altered. |
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Date |
English: late 19th-early 20th century |
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Dimensions | 33 3/4 x 10 1/2 x 27 3/4 in. (85.7 x 26.7 x 70.5 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q632682 |
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Current location |
Arts of Africa collection South Gallery, 1st Floor |
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Credit line | Gift of Rosemary and George Lois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 78.240_PS2.jpg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
![]() ![]() This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. Attribution: Brooklyn Museum
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