Collector: Berta Bascom / Function: 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collector Berta Bascom Function 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16501, described as gourd and raffia, with black and yellow paint around cut out design. raffia forms a waren border around the back edge + an elaborate woven, rope-like headpiece. Conservation: Repaired on right side of gourd.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16189, described as Ibo mask (Udi 1, 600 ) fine, medium sized, curved headdress, widow’s peak. Black, white, red. (1945) 13 1/4” H.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16043, described as Ibo "Big Man" mask with bird on head. carved and painted wood; black, white (?), neutral wood. large, deeply cut face with wide, tusked mouth and prominent forehead. stepped brow. knob on chin, rudimentary "V" shaped ears, small eye holes, 2 attachment holes in the forehead. perforations around edge for attachment of drape and ruff. Conservation: One bird wing broken. Drying cracks and chip in upper edge. Several small cracks in side edges and one in tail. Several teeth broken. Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 1500, 1945, white tack). "big man" large

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16136, described as Ibo Mask. carved, painted wood. deep carved features, prominent lips and teeth. knob below chin. painted black/white/yellow/red assymetrically. 4 white bands around forehead. 8 holes around edge for attachment of a drape. Conservation: Cracked chin, forehead. Ibo Mask (Udi 2, 800, 1945). "Picasso," medium , black, white, yellow and red; asymetrical. cracked.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16168, described as small mask, carved and stained wood. oval face flanked on each side with flanges that extend above and below the head. scarification '+' on each cheek, small rectangular eyes, straight nose, pronounced brows, small projecting mouth Purchased at Accra Market Conservation: 2 drying cracks in chin, several insect exit holes on front and back

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16182, described as Ibo mask representing a beautiful woman, carved and painted, white face with orange, blue, and brown around eyes, brown accents on rest of face, narrow eyes, prominent nose, bared teeth, back of mask not hollowed out, Bascom description is "beautiful woman with orange raffia, holes along the outer edge of mask for the raffia, mask set on mount." Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 700, 1945). Beautiful women with orange raffia.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16205, described as carved wood, some paint or dent around eyes, lips. protruding forehead. perforations around edge for attachment of drapes. hollow backside. Conservation: Chips on upper edge left side. Unknown substance adhering to top of head.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16163, described as small carved, wooden mask. back flat, hook for hanging. 2 mouths (Bascom records say that one mouth is small, the other old), small nose, 3 horns on head above ears, straight nose, eyes not carved, heavy brow, designs carved into face, most of mask covered in dark stain, nails around perimeter of mask, spots of green paint on back. Conservation: Chips on back of lower "mouth" chip on back of mask, left horn repared previously, 5.5cm crack next to right horn, 8cm crack over brow, 2.5 cm crack above right horn.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16122, described as Ibo mask; carved and painted wood with raffia ruff. woman; elongated face with stylized markings in blue, white, red, and black. wide mouth with small teeth and black lips. small black diamond shaped carvings on each cheek. Conservation: Raffia is beginning to sluff away. Ibo Mask (Udi). Fine beautiful women with raffia, black , white, yellow and red. (Black White Bule Orange)

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16159, described as Ibo mask. carved, painted wood. moth. elongated head; small eyes and mouth with carved teeth. ears like "6"s with carved letters in front of each. forehead carved with 2 rows of zig-zags. 2 large antennae form head decorations. painted black overall. Plus 1 bag of fragments. Conservation: Tip of one antenna broken; second antenna is cracked. Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 400, 1945). moth, black, crudish

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