Object name: Wooden mask / Collection place: British West Africa (historic) / Culture or time period: Ibibio - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-7251, described as Mask, natural wood finish, teeth, moustache, hair to point on top, ears. Length 34 cm. Width 22.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-6295, described as Mask; dark wood; crooked nose and displaced mouth; wooden pin runs through both cheeks; holes around face. Height 34 cm. Width 22 cm. A standard type: “a sick man” who represents a specific malady; masquerade for New Yam destical. Due to name this might be an Ekop society mask, but collector was told it was only for New Yam festival. Origin and name of mask uncertain.

Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask, accession number 5-7253, described as Mask, natural wood finish, scarification, face framed with incised line, hair and headdress incised criss-cross with traces of red paint; topknot. Length 30 cm. Width 19 cm.