M0000853: Sacred wooden mask from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Date:
28 July 1930
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/8/40
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M0000853: Sacred wooden mask from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Carved head of wood, Belgian Congo. Religious mask

Description

Photograph of a sacred mask made from carved wood, from the Democratic Republic of Congo (the Belgian Congo at the time of acquisition). The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

28 July 1930

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

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