Object name: Mask / Collection place: Africa / Culture or time period: Yoruba - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

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Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3848, described as wooden head mask; human head topped by 8 animal (?) forms; white, red, green and blue; ca. 10 1/4" x 11 1/2".

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 5-13246, described as Mask; 'Gelede' mask of carved wood representing face; round eyeholes; reddish brown pigment on face and hat; knob-like extension from hat; split down back of head; traces white pigment over red on hat; l. base 24.7 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-7634, described as mask; carved wood head, covered with black and white paint and patterned cloth covers base of mask; white hatched inscribed lines on cheeks of face. H. 28 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-10200, described as mask; wood; painted blue-grey face; painted white lower eyelids, mouth, diagonal lines under eyes; representation of female slave; L. 21.2 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16181, described as Yoruba mask (Gelede. Save 1944). Leopard, snake and bats; black, yellow and blue

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13252, described as mask representing human head w/ 3 double gourd medicine calabashes in full relief on 'Eshu' hairstyle which falls to one side; hemispherical base; black pigment w/ white on eyes and some red; h. ca. 30.5 cm.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1737, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; with carved long-eared animal on rear, painted black, blue, red and yellow. 17" high.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3430, described as carved wooden hare mask; bearded human face with hare ears; hare effigy between the ears; intricately carved design elements; yellow, green, black, and red; 18" high.