Object class: Masks (costume) / Collection place: Cote d'Ivoire / Donor: Mrs. Stanley Zuckerman - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Miniature wooden mask, accession number 5-14847, described as Mask, miniature, anthropomorphic; reddish brown patinated surface with some encrustation; upper half on lower plane than lower half; nose and mouth in full relief. Height 11.7 cm. “Miniature replicas of these masks were carried by men so that they could benefit fro the power of their family mask; these maskettes had power of their own and the sections of kola nuts in divination were touched to them before being cast on the ground.”

Hearst Museum object titled Miniature wooden mask, accession number 5-14846, described as Mask, miniature; anthropomorphic, incised linear decoration on forehead, triangle on each cheek; dark-stained wood. Height 6.5 cm. “Miniature replicas of these masks were carried by men so that they could benefit fro the power of their family mask; these maskettes had power of their own and the sections of kola nuts in divination were touched to them before being cast on the ground.”

Hearst Museum object titled Small wooden mask, accession number 5-14849, described as Mask, miniature, anthropomorphic; dark-stained patinated and encrusted wood; prominent features in full relief including tubular protrusion on each side of nose. Height 10.8 cm.