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Start Over Donor University Appropriation Accession year [Missing] Loans S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1788, described as Mask with two faces, curved horns and feather headdress (ngu mven or nlo ekota); 14 ' from nose of one face to nose of the other. Family origin indicates Bakota influence and accounts for abstract rendering of one face. European face typical of recent dance (1940-1960) called Ngwan Ntaugan. Height of mask only (without horns): 34.5 cm
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1786, described as Mask of two faces with feather headdress (ngu ebibi or nlo ngu); 13 1/2" front of one face to front of the other. [handwritten on card: H. ONE FACE ONLY 27 cm.] Per inventory 6/13/12, found with cloth fragment in bag. Also "associated" with feather bundle/ornament.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1785, described as Mask of Ngu ebibi. Per inventory 6/13/12, found with feather headdress labeled 5-1785b.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-12996, described as helmet mask; anthropomorphic wood mask; open lips w/ red pigment on lower lip; metal stud through left nostril; whitened teeth and eyes; yellow ground; black human hair on head; head ornament of whitened carved wood w/ floral motif; split and repaired on lower right; h. 22.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Wood/fabric mask, accession number 5-12967, described as Mask; anthropomorphic mask with prominent triangular nose, bulging eyes perforated inside outer perimeter; prominent forehead; yellow ground with black and white pigmentation; diagonal slashes on cheeks; separately carved ears attached behind on fiber-lined red-stained cloth decoration which is above mask; cowries and trade beads embellish the cloth; height of face only ca. 26 cm

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