Mukinka Mask (Primary Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Salampasu mukinka masks are characterized by a strongly projecting forehead over a prominent nose and deeply sunken eyes. This wooden mask would have once had a tuft of feathers or a series of small balls made of cane on the top of the head. Mukinka masks are status symbols owned by members of a warrior society, who pay for them, both as an initiation fee and as an indication of their wealth.
From the Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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