Ornament

Two ethnographical items bearing the same accession number; one of them may have been marked in error. Object one is a wooden Zambian carved head or mask with a straw beard and fronds of hair attached to the face using what appears to be straw, mud plaster and metal nails. Object two is the wooden bust of a woman with braided hair and a bare chest.

Museum reference:
CUKDM-1989-28
Date:
1905
Dimensions:
Head height: 320mm
Head width: 220mm
Head depth: 210mm
Bust height: 260mm
Bust width: 175mm
Bust depth: 130mm
Materials:
wood, straw, mud plaster

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