File:Brooklyn Museum 22.225 Mask for the Okuyi Society Mukudj.jpg
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English: Mask for the Okuyi Society (Mukudj) ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Title |
English: Mask for the Okuyi Society (Mukudj) |
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Description |
English: Light wooden dance mask, carved in the form of a human face with high headdress painted black in six parallel, curved ridges going from front to back. Face colored white and decorated with three groups of keloids: between brows, at outer edges of eyes and brows, and on temples. Slit eyes, holes at either side for attachment. Used by a female secret society. Condition: Surface wear; missing pigment. Holes in face at lower left and in one eye.
English: In the past mukudj masks were danced on stilts in masquerades during funeral celebrations. The mask's white coloring symbolizes peace, the afterlife, and the spirits of the dead—though today its performances are chiefly for entertainment. |
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Date |
English: late 19th century |
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Dimensions | 9 7/8 x 7 x 6in. (25.1 x 17.8 x 15.2cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Museum Expedition 1922, Robert B. Woodward Memorial Fund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | Online Collection of Brooklyn Museum; Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 22.225_SL1_edited_version.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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