Object class: Masks (costume) / Collector: Berta Bascom - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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1. Buttons

Museum number:: 5-16415a-h
Culture or time period:: Ba Pende
Object class:: Buttons (fasteners) and Masks (costume)
Function:: 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Dimensions:: height 1.1 centimeters, length 3.3 centimeters, and width 1.2 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Collection date:: 1944

2. Dance suit

Museum number:: 5-16227
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: at hip— width 49 centimeters, length 169 centimeters, at shoulder— width 50 centimeters, and fringe— length 11 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

3. Ere ibeji figure

Museum number:: 5-16000
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Ere ibeji and Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: height 24.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria
Collection date:: July 19, 1944

4. Field guardian

Museum number:: 5-8782
Culture or time period:: Dan
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Dimensions:: length 13.7 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:: 1963

5. Figure

Museum number:: 5-16239a-j
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Maker or artist:: Thomas Ona
Dimensions:: Figure— depth 8.1 centimeters, Hat— width 14.5 centimeters, Hat— length 11.9 centimeters, Hat— depth 4.3 centimeters, Figure— width 10.5 centimeters, and Figure— height 29.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Africa

6. Gold weight

Museum number:: 5-16364
Culture or time period:: Ashanti
Object class:: Gold-weights and Masks (costume)
Function:: 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Dimensions:: width 10.4 centimeters, length 2.2 centimeters, and height 11.5 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Ghana

7. Headdress

Museum number:: 5-10182
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Headdresses and Masks (costume)
Function:: 2.4 Fine Clothes and Accoutrements not used exclusively for status or religious purposes
Dimensions:: height 33.5 centimeters and diameter 16 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Collection date:: 1938

8. Headpiece, mask

Museum number:: 5-16170b
Culture or time period:: Yoruba
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Nigeria

9. Large carved wood (mask?) with attached dolls and fiber

Museum number:: 5-14120a-f
Object class:: Dolls (figurines) and Masks (costume)
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

10. Mask

Museum number:: 5-16029
Culture or time period:: Igbo
Object class:: Masks (costume)
Function:: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Dimensions:: 32 centimeters
Collector:: Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:: Udi, Nigeria

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