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Start Over Collection place Enugu State, Nigeria Culture or time period Igbo
Hearst Museum object titled Basket, accession number 5-16991a,b, described as granary basket; large storage basket (a) with removable lid (b), tightly coiled, random black stitches provide a decorative element around the basket. conservation - surface wear near bottom of one side.
Hearst Museum object titled Hand piano, accession number 5-10261, described as Metallophone made from a gourd; broken. (Ibo “piano”). (Enugu, 1945). Length: 23.0 cm. Broken.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16029, described as Small mask; anthropomorphic; mouth thrust forward; painted brown, black and white; helmet striped with brown, black and white; 2 projecting ears, one broken; raffia fringe. Ibo mask (Udi 1? (F) 500). BW Brown, calabash hair with raffia.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16027, described as Ibo mask (Udi, 1, 700, 1945). Medium size, cow’s horns. Black, white, red, blue, with raffia (Joseph’s costume). mudium sized face with bared teeth, painted white with black on mouth and eyes, blue and black on ears; curved horns painted black and blue; surrounded by long raffia fringe.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-6337, described as Wooden Masks (Achi); Tin ears, black, round face. Protruding mouth; mouth & eyes pierced; crescent-shaped tin ears; heavy patina on face; holes around sides with fiber rope attached on right side. L = 27.5 cm, W = 21.0 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16130, described as Ibo mask. carved and painted wood; black, white, red, yellow, and natural wood. protruding mouth, nose, and brow; almond shaped eye holes. 2 carved, horn-like protrusions laying close to head, one on each side. "6" shaped ears. scalloped hair. Perforations around edge for attachment of drape or ruff. Conservation: Drying cracks in chin, right and left horn, paint chipping. Ibo Mask (Udi 1-- 600). Protruding mouth, horn-hair to front. Black white red yellow.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16028, described as Mask, medium sized, anthropomorphic; painted white with black design lines at chin, mouth, ears, eyes (three vertical lines under each eye), eyebrows and hair; surmounted with two oval protuberances carved from base wood, painted black. Ibo mask (Udi, 1, 600? 1945) Moth, silly, black and white, with old, dragging raffia.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16020, described as Bascom card description: Ibo Mask (Udi, 1945) Medium Size, Complex, Pouting mask with Indigo Suit. Mask, Brown wood; extended jaw incised with geo. pattern with red pigment; brow incised; mouth, eyes, brow-line, hair-line painted white; zoomorphic figure on top with 2 calabashes on either side, all carved and painted; symetrical elements, painted, carved or nailed to either side of face (one element missing); 3 pieces of burlap attached to mask by nails, pieces sewn together and attached with thread; one piece tie dyed (?), one decorated with cowrie shells; one stuffed with filling and decorated with cowries; round black bag attached. All cloth dyed with indigo.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16025, described as Ibo mask (Udi, 2, 1500) Black and white scare mask; good. Google eyed, striped horns. anthropomorphic mask, oval shape; painted white with black painted design lines around chin, mouth, above eyes.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16051, described as Ibo bush cow mask; carved and painted wood; 2 prominent forward thrusting horns painted red and black; long oval face, small mouth with teeth, narrow slit-like eye holes; rudimentary ears; flattened chin painted black. remnants of white paint on forehead and upper lip, double perforations around base for attachments of drape or ruff. Conservation: Paint worn on horns, brow, and nose. Ibo Mask (Udi 2, 700). Large cow (bush cow?), flattened, two horns, black and white with red.

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