Donor: Dan Stuhlmueller / Culture or time period: Ba Yaka / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Donor Dan Stuhlmueller Culture or time period Ba Yaka Function 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama

Hearst Museum object titled Gong, accession number 5-15397, described as Slit gong, wood, hand carved from solid tree limb, round, well-patinated; finial/stylized carved human head at top; lower two thirds hollowed out. Length 36.9 cm. Diameter (at base) 8.5 cm. Used by a diviner to announce his entry into a village.

Hearst Museum object titled Painted wooden mask, accession number 5-15396, described as Handle mask, wood, one piece, hand carved from solid block; slit eyes with incised eyebrows, with upward turning elongated nose; painted white face; raised ears and mouth with teeth, painted blue; extended chin serving as handle for mask; holes along edges for attachment of fibers. Length 25.1 cm. Width 16.2 cm. “Handle mask worn by initiates in front of the face as part of raphia costume. Traditional variations in the form and decoration... indicated to which of the three grades within the initiation group the weared belonged.”