Face Mask (Mbuya)

Pende people, Katundu region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African

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Neckrest, Mashona people, Zimbabwe, African, wood
Male figure with pointed beard, crested coiffure, body scarification, short legs with exagerated musculature, with overall worn patina.
Brown ovoid jar with narrow, short foot and short rim. Shoulder has geometric lizard forms; raised ridges with zig-zag lines at at top of shoulder and mid-point of body. Bottom half of vessel has patterns from impressed cord.
Round vessel with brown and orange coloring has roulette pattern just under rim and incised lines radiating from rim to shoulder.