Collection place: Africa / Year collected: [Missing] / Loans: S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collection place Africa Year collected [Missing] Loans S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown)

Hearst Museum object titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-4719, described as “Fire Spitter” helmet mask. 83.0 cm. Bag of fragment with object, 4/12 AT.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3339, described as Carved wooden face mask with a set of 6 parallel sticks on top. Strips of punctated tin used as decoration. Brass earrings. Ca. 18.5” x 9.0”

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16065, described as Yoruba Egungun erin mask. Carved, painted wood with huge, upstanding ears [hare?]. Face yellow with blue slash marks on cheeks and forehead; hair blue, embelished with silver nodules; stylized black beard projects from chin. Ears decorated with carved lattice and geometric shapes, painted red, green, yellow, blue and silver. Crown-like device topped with a cross is painted inside each ear. Drum-like object is mounted between the ears above the forehead. A hare/lizard combination animal is mounted behind the ears on the crown of the head, and painted blue, yellow, orange and silver. Collar flange at the base of the head is unpainted and pierced for attachment of costume. H = 69.0cm, W = 30.0cm, T = 36.0cm. Egungun [erin; references “elephant” per the large size and heighth of the costumed figure.]

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-6307, described as Mask; wood; spatula-shaped ornament as part of head painted in two repeated panel designs of orange, black and red; face white with black border; eyebrows, nose and lip outlined in black; orange and black face markings; orange inner mouth; raffia base and on back. Height 47 cm. Used for yearly (January-February) “Lubhulu” display. Used by men.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15651, described as mask, wood, handcarved; concave bowl-shaped platform w/head of Eshu nailed on top. Eshu figure with scarification on cheeks and forehead, and large tuft of hair extending from upper left side of head; monkey heads (3), bird, and yam (?), and antelope (?) head nailed near outer edge of bowl; ring of nails at rim; H = 23.0cm, Dia. = 30.0cm. with bag of fragments

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3321, described as Carved wooden mask. Stylized antelope (?) with curved horns, incised, geometric designs. Painted black, red and white.. L = 18.0”

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3317, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head with long horns. Painted red, white and black. L = 28.25”.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden animal mask, accession number 5-5995, described as Wood cow mask with open mouth; deeply carved eyes with white pigmentation; incised eyelashes; two unusual knot-like horns; l. 42 cm.