Female mask - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73565 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Image | Plant Name | 81.01 ARALIACEAE Polyscias sp | Entry Book Number | 37.1995.2 | |
| Artefact Name | Female mask | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Cameroon | TDWG Region | Cameroon | ||
| Parts Held | Female mask | Geography Description | Cameroon, Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Foumban | ||
| Uses | Female maskUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Bottles etc, outsize | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Adamou NF | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | Donor Notes | ||||
| Collector | Rumball N | Collector No | 40 | ||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 00/10/1995 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | One of a pair of masks - male and female - purchased from travelling salesman Nji Fifen Adamou, who visited Limbe Botanic Garden (250 French francs for the two masks). Not simply for tourists, this type of mask has an ancient history, and each type of ma, sk is heavy with symbolism. | ||||