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Photo: Susan Cole
Mask with Njenje Figure
Photo: Susan Cole

Mask with Njenje Figure

Label TextOpa nwa - "Carry Child" mask This "queen" mask, with a motherly face, supports a child on her head. She is adorned with a complex costume, walks with long strides, carrying canes and occasionally a vodka bottle.
Object number2005.60
Photo CreditPhoto: Susan Cole
Credit LineGift of Simon Ottenberg, in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Seattle Art Museum
Dimensions30 x 5 x 6in. (76.2 x 12.7 x 15.2cm)
MediumWood with raffia
early 20th century
Object number: 2010.44.1
Melanesian
19th - 20th century
Object number: 2020.5.2
Photo: Paul Macapia
Polynesian
Object number: 54.77
Initiation doll
Melanesian
Object number: 81.17.1500
Dan
Object number: 81.17.1731
Dan
Object number: 81.17.1732
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Congolese
Object number: 81.17.874
Dance paddle (Kaidiba)
Melanesian
early 20th century
Object number: 57.158
Leadership staff
Tanzanian
19th-20th century
Object number: 99.62
Staff/Spear
Tanzanian
20th century
Object number: 2003.105