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Photo: Paul Macapia
Mask of Portuguese overseer
Photo: Paul Macapia

Mask of Portuguese overseer

Date1938
Maker Makonde
Maker Mozambique
Object number2001.1080
Photo CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia
Published ReferencesQuarcoopome, Nii O., editor, Through African Eyes: The European In African Art, 1500 to Present, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2010, pg. 245 - 247
Credit LineGift of Donal and Paula Brody
Dimensions8 1/4 x 7 1/16 x 9 13/16 in. (21 x 18 x 25 cm)
MediumWood, painted yellow, blue, and black with white eyes
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