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Datec. 1945-1990
MediumPlaster cast (hydrocal plaster?) with paint
DimensionsOverall: 14 3/4 × 9 1/2 × 5 1/4 in. (37.5 × 24.1 × 13.3 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from the Hamilton College Anthropology Department
Object numberS2023.2.14
On view
DescriptionCast of a Basonge mask from the Kasai District of (formerly) Zaire, presently the Democratic Republic of Congo. Original object is made of wood with pigment and in the collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), #AF5115.
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Inscribed
"048" carved into interior (this is the cast number from the Penn Museum Casting Program)
Unknown artist
Date: after 1850
Medium: Cast plaster with pigment
Object number: S2023.3.1-3
Unknown artist
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Plaster
Object number: S2023.4.2
Robert Melee
Date: 2005
Medium: Enamel paint, canvas, and plaster on wood
Object number: 2012.3.15
Robert Melee
Date: 2006
Medium: Plaster, enamel, canvas on wood, and fiberglass
Object number: 2012.3.16
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze
Object number: 2023.10.72
Unknown artist
Date: 19th century
Medium: Cast bronze
Object number: 2023.10.80